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
> 

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