On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 05:26:32PM +0100, Francis SOUYRI wrote: > Hello, > > We have a bi Xeon 3.2Ghz 4Go memory Redhat EL4 server as a relay > connected to Internet. On that server we have an advanced filter > injecting mail back into postfix 2.5.4 for the anti spam/virus (Sophos > Puremessage). > > Time to time we have lot of mail in the incoming queue, "no" mail in the > active queue, the "qmgr "is very" slow and the server is very idle. We > tested the antispam/virus to see if there is a problem but the response > is very good.
How often does the qmgr(8) process id change? > T 5 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 1280+ > TOTAL 3201 2121 937 87 11 21 23 0 0 0 1 Almost all the mail in "incoming" is recent, with ~2000 msgs under 5 minutes old, and ~1000 between 5 and 10 minutes old. What happened leading up to this? > qshape active > > T 5 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 1280+ > TOTAL 32 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Exactly 32 active messages, all 10-20 minutes old, what happened leading up to this? What's in the deferred queue? Read your logs, looking for errors, warnings, throttled transports and nexthops, ... Is your disk I/O adequate? ... The information you provide is too skimpy. -- Viktor. Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly.