Can someone help me out with this? Thanks in advance Ricardo
> 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/ > -- ## 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/
