Stephen Gran wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:37:04AM -0400, B. Cook said: >> Hello, >> >> I just wanted to know how I could check if this is working the way I >> think it does.. >> >> If a domain goes down, that I transport mail to, and I have 5-10 emails >> in the queue for them. When the retry schedule comes around again to >> send to them; What does exim do? >> >> Does it connect once per email in the queue? (5-10 connections) or does >> it make one connection and then send 5-10 emails over it? >> >> Again I am talking about email going to a single host that I have >> defined in my transports. >> >> I would prefer it do the latter, but how can I check if this is really >> what is happening? > > You'll see lines like this: > 2006-09-16 16:16:53 1GObr5-0003zg-AQ => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup > T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89] QT=3m34s DT=1s > 2006-09-16 16:16:53 1GObr5-0003zg-AQ Completed > 2006-09-16 16:16:55 1GObr5-0003zg-46 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup > T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m36s DT=2s > 2006-09-16 16:16:55 1GObr5-0003zg-46 Completed > 2006-09-16 16:16:57 1GObr4-0003zg-Ro => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup > T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m39s DT=2s > 2006-09-16 16:16:57 1GObr4-0003zg-Ro Completed > 2006-09-16 16:16:58 1GObr4-0003zg-JO => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup > T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m40s DT=1s > > The asterisk after the IP address tells you that it is reusing a single > connection. To force this behavior, use -qq instead of -q to start your > queue runner processes. > > Take care,
*Thank you* I have never known what the *'s where for either.. The log entries that I have are similar but slightly different: I do have log_selector = +all so I am sure that is the difference... 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrPp-0008RO-1Y => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=4780 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:25 C="250 Ok: queued as 354EF4F2C3" QT=4m51s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrPc-00021q-Cg => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=2304 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 4040D50418" QT=5m4s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrPM-000ORW-5U => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=9509 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 4923653A1E" QT=5m20s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrMS-000A12-2J => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=13915 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 53C1453BC4" QT=8m20s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrM7-000OIu-3y => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=16615 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 5EC04567D9" QT=8m41s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrJe-000Py2-KJ => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=30269 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 6A56759F2E" QT=11m14s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrIP-000Liz-8W => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=2250 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 790A15B9A5" QT=12m31s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrI9-0004dh-34 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=8016 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 829F75B9A8" QT=12m47s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrG1-0003WH-BM => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=4526 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 8C2DF5BA3A" QT=14m59s DT=0s 2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrE0-000MlW-Vm => [EMAIL PROTECTED] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=6489 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as A0C965BFA1" QT=17m4s DT=0s I am running exim from daemontools (which doesn't really matter) and I am using the (almost default) -bdf -q15m which runs queue runners every 15min. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
