Ricardo Kleemann wrote: >> 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.
How many queue runners do you have? Have you tried increasing it so that Exim can deliver more messages concurrently? -- Mike Cardwell - IT Consultant and LAMP developer Cardwell IT Ltd. (UK Reg'd Company #06920226) http://cardwellit.com/ -- ## 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/
