Hi, I'm new to Exim, I've been using it for a short time and have been reading up on how it works.
I have a Debian linux server running Exim, and another server running mailman is using the Exim server as a relay, so all deliveries to the list are done through Exim. I have a large list in mailman, with SMTP_MAX_RCPTS set to 10 and I see in the Exim log all of the incoming messages for the list: grep -c "<= list-bounces" exim_stage1/mainlog |more 4361 So basically I see there are 4361 queue entries for the list, (only 1 message sent to the list). Now, many hours later, I would expect a significant number of deliveries. I have Exim logging to show the F= to make it easier to track down. But I'm very surprised to see that there are only a very few messages actually processed for delivery. grep -c "F=<reflexoes-bounces" exim_stage1/mainlog 1344 (I know this includes both successful deliveries as well as any temporary or permanent failures -- the point here is that after 8 hours, 1344 messages processed is way too little) Now taking the last couple successful deliveries as an example, here's what I see: 2009-08-08 21:37:43 1MZssc-0002HX-7E => [email protected] F=<[email protected]> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=vip-us-br-mx.terra.com [208.84.244.133] C="250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 359AB700000E1" QT=7h46m37s DT=1s 2009-08-08 21:37:45 1MZssc-0002HX-7E => [email protected] F=<[email protected]> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=howard.atarde.com.br [187.1.111.123] C="250 Ok: queued as 82EAA3F94B4" QT=7h46m39s DT=3s both these deliveries spent almost 8 full hours in the queue! The incoming queue right now still has over 4600 entries waiting to be flushed out or completed. What am I doing wrong, how can Exim be configured so at least it can process all of the incoming queue entries in a timely fashion? Also the server is not loaded at all, it's quite idle. # w 21:40:51 up 9 days, 7:10, 1 user, load average: 0.78, 0.38, 0.20 In my previous setup this large list would be delivered in just a couple of hours. With my Exim setup, after 8, it's barely making a dent. Thanks for any help. Ricardo -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
