Hi all
We run a large mailing list on our machine, so I created a seperate queue
for it and seperate binaries etc., and it all runs fine most of the time.
Then, out of the blue, suddenly we get no messages being delivered, and
"Unable to run qmail-remote./" messages in the logs. Restarting qmail fixes
the problem.
The first time it happened was on 18 December, and my daily mail stats
shows:
Reasons for failure
...
8553 2132.38 Unable to run qmail-remote./
After restarting it worked fine until 11 January (yesterday).
My stats again say:
Reasons for failure
...
3921 931.41 Unable to run qmail-remote./
I see this in my logs.
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.196092 new msg 460309
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.197725 info msg 460309: bytes 1089
from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[]> qp 4552 uid 2400
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.397684 starting delivery 264456:
msg 460310 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.400507 status: local 1/10 remote
1/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.402467 starting delivery 264457:
msg 460309 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.407536 status: local 1/10 remote
2/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.420554 starting delivery 264458:
msg 460309 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.422398 status: local 1/10 remote
3/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.423533 starting delivery 264459:
msg 460309 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.424691 status: local 2/10 remote
3/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.425840 starting delivery 264460:
msg 460309 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
... (keeps going up)
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.555136 status: local 2/10 remote
49/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.556371 starting delivery 264509:
msg 460309 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.557545 status: local 2/10 remote
50/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.558746 delivery 264459: success:
did_1+0+1/
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.580391 status: local 1/10 remote
50/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.587557 delivery 264461: failure:
Unable_to_run_qmail-remote./
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.609178 status: local 1/10 remote
49/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.623411 delivery 264462: failure:
Unable_to_run_qmail-remote./
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.624622 status: local 1/10 remote
48/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.625743 delivery 264463: failure:
Unable_to_run_qmail-remote./
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.626909 status: local 1/10 remote
47/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.628034 delivery 264464: failure:
Unable_to_run_qmail-remote./
... (keeps going down)
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.673524 status: local 1/10 remote
15/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.673745 delivery 264496: failure:
Unable_to_run_qmail-remote./
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.673960 status: local 1/10 remote
14/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.674183 delivery 264497: failure:
Unable_to_run_qmail-remote./
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.674399 status: local 1/10 remote
13/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.744941 delivery 264456: success:
ezmlm-return:_info:_trash_address/did_0+0+2/
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.761693 status: local 0/10 remote
50/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.763364 end msg 460310
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.823126 delivery 264510: failure:
Unable_to_run_qmail-remote./
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.846005 status: local 0/10 remote
49/50
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.857190 delivery 264511: failure:
Unable_to_run_qmail-remote./
...
and then it carries on with no remote mail being delivered. Also, according
to the list maintainer the message gets bounced.
When would qmail-remote not be able to run?
It should have enough file handles and processes available since I do a
ulimit before starting qmail, and it runs fine most of the time.
If it an OS problem I'll be much happier :-)
Also, what does the line:
Jan 11 02:57:05 rucus qmail2: 916016225.744941 delivery 264456: success:
ezmlm-return:_info:_trash_address/did_0+0+2/
mean?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
- Keith
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Keith Burdis - MSc (Com Sci) - Rhodes University, South Africa
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