Well, I found out what a large part of the problem was... During the crashes and confusion on the box, /var/qmail/queue/intd disappeared!!! I remade the directory and the queue pretty much cleared itself right out. Still 86 messages are still complaining about qmail-spawn_unable_to_create_pipe...Maybe they'll end up bouncing away? > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Boyiazis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 1:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: queue botched? > > > We had some difficulties yesterday... > > Our qmail servers are connected to a netfiler. > > Someone plugged something into port 1 on the switch on the network > and everything freaked out for a while. > > Anyway, many switch and box reboots later I'm having problems with > qmail on one of the boxes. > > When I start up qmail it says a bunch of items are accepted for > delivery, but then I get qmail-spawn_unable_to_create_pipe > (this comes from spawn.c) > > Has the queue been corrupted? Is it fixable using the queue-rename > patch I found in the archives by Pedro Melo? > > I have qmail running on a second disk in the server w/ > the disk mounted onto /var/qmail... > > (it is a Sun E450 running 2.6 and qmail 1.03) > > ******** > a couple of usernames replace by joe/josieuser... > > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.287240 status: local > 0/10 remote > 31/110 > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.320082 delivery 156: deferral: > qmail-spaw > n_unable_to_create_pipe._(#4.3.0)/ > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.320303 status: local > 0/10 remote > 30/110 > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.325023 starting > delivery 157: msg > 116965 > to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.325242 status: local > 0/10 remote > 31/110 > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.325710 delivery 157: deferral: > qmail-spaw > n_unable_to_create_pipe._(#4.3.0)/ > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.325919 status: local > 0/10 remote > 30/110 > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.340023 starting > delivery 158: msg > 116748 > to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.340239 status: local > 0/10 remote > 31/110 > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.356327 starting > delivery 159: msg > 116687 > to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.356563 status: local > 0/10 remote > 32/110 > Aug 13 12:24:33 mail6 qmail: 934572273.367017 delivery 158: deferral: > qmail-spaw > n_unable_to_create_pipe._(#4.3.0)/ > > > plus a lot of these... > > Aug 13 12:55:29 mail6 qmail: 934574129.525128 warning: > trouble injecting > bounce message, will try later > Aug 13 12:55:29 mail6 qmail: 934574129.583448 warning: > trouble injecting > bounce message, will try later > Aug 13 12:55:29 mail6 qmail: 934574129.650093 warning: > trouble injecting > bounce message, will try later > Aug 13 12:55:29 mail6 qmail: 934574129.708559 warning: > trouble injecting > bounce message, will try later > Aug 13 12:55:43 mail6 qmail: 934574143.765686 warning: > trouble injecting > bounce message, will try later > Aug 13 12:56:40 mail6 qmail: 934574200.819155 warning: > trouble injecting > bounce message, will try later > -- mike b. --------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.sprynet.com/~boyiazis/mikehome.htm "I propose we leave math to the machines and go play outside." Calvin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
