its strange, some processes appear in exiwhat listing some not but alle keep hanging. here is a snapshot:
[0]mpemail: /etc/exim4 # ps -ef | grep exim4 | grep bd Debian- 17209 1 0 Jan15 ? 00:00:05 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24703 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24704 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24707 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24710 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24716 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24717 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24722 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24731 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24738 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24744 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24748 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24752 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24756 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24757 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24768 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24776 17209 0 14:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 24792 17209 0 14:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 7817 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 7819 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 7829 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 7831 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 7832 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 7833 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m Debian- 7838 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m [0]mpemail: /etc/exim4 # and [0]mpemail: /etc/exim4 # exiwhat 3721 delivering 1H6QeR-0000xe-7e 3722 delivering 1H6QeM-0000xj-KN 3734 delivering 1H5hfr-0008Hl-5j (queue run pid 30533) 3928 running queue: waiting for 1H52jH-0004Ug-3u (3929) 3929 delivering 1H52jH-0004Ug-3u (queue run pid 3928) 6812 running queue: waiting for 1H6oWk-0008Uo-Ng (7666) 7666 delivering 1H6oWk-0008Uo-Ng: waiting for a remote delivery subprocess to finish 7668 delivering 1H6oWk-0008Uo-Ng to relay102.sify.net [202.144.65.102] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 7992 delivering 1H6oxC-00024g-IG: waiting for a remote delivery subprocess to finish 7994 delivering 1H6oxC-00024g-IG to vip-smtp.esa.gmessaging.net [194.51.201.245] ([EMAIL PROTECTED], ...) 8052 tidying up after delivering 1H6oxO-00025q-5K 8060 delivering 1H6oxQ-00025y-Bv: waiting for a remote delivery subprocess to finish 8064 delivering 1H6oxQ-00025y-Bv to aldebaran.hll.mpg.de [134.107.107.17] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 8066 accepting a local non-SMTP message from <> id=1H6oxT-000266-B1 12281 running queue: waiting for 1H6M4N-0000jM-Ov (15208) 15208 delivering 1H6M4N-0000jM-Ov (queue run pid 12281) 17209 daemon: -q30m, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv6 and IPv4) port 465 (IPv6 and IPv4) 24698 delivering 1H6nvQ-0006Pm-Q7 24702 delivering 1H6nvW-0006QK-PI 24703 handling incoming connection from (pesto.rzg.mpg.de) [130.183.3.37] 24710 handling incoming connection from (pesto.rzg.mpg.de) [130.183.3.37] 24722 handling incoming connection from (basilikum.rzg.mpg.de) [130.183.3.28] 24752 handling incoming connection from (pesto.rzg.mpg.de) [130.183.3.37] 30533 running queue: waiting for 1H5hfr-0008Hl-5j (3734) [0]mpemail: /etc/exim4 # Thanks Rainer Sigl Marc Haber wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:30:05 +0100, Rainer Sigl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>it seems to me that proportional to traffic there are additional >>processes 'exim4 -bd -q30m' are created and keep existing. At the end >>the machine doesn't accept emails anymore. > > > Try using exiwhat to find out what the processes are doing. > > Greetings > Marc > -- ----------------- Rainer Sigl, | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MPI f. extraterrestrische Physik, | phone: +49 (89) 30000-3557 Postfach 1312, | fax: +49 (89) 30000-3569 D-85741 Garching, Germany | web: http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~sigl/ -- ## 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/
