Here's an update.
I have an email address called [EMAIL PROTECTED] (run via vpopmail)
in /home/vpopmail/domains/everydns.net/support there is a .qmail file that just
says
cat .qmail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
So this forwards all [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However this morning it sent forwarded about 6000 times.
Now in my logs I have these just constantly appearing:
==> /var/log/qmail/qmail-send/current <==
2001-06-14 08:02:02.460824500 starting delivery 6231: msg 562568 to remote
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2001-06-14 08:02:02.460830500 status: local 0/10 remote 73/120
2001-06-14 08:02:02.460831500 starting delivery 6232: msg 562573 to remote
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2001-06-14 08:02:02.460834500 status: local 0/10 remote 74/120
2001-06-14 08:02:02.465616500 delivery 6231: deferral:
Sorry,_I_wasn't_able_to_establish_an_SMTP_connection._(#4.4.1)/
2001-06-14 08:02:02.465620500 status: local 0/10 remote 73/120
2001-06-14 08:02:02.466514500 delivery 6232: deferral:
Sorry,_I_wasn't_able_to_establish_an_SMTP_connection._(#4.4.1)/
2001-06-14 08:02:02.466518500 status: local 0/10 remote 72/120
2001-06-14 08:02:04.460524500 starting delivery 6233: msg 562574 to remote
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2001-06-14 08:02:04.460528500 status: local 0/10 remote 73/120
2001-06-14 08:02:04.460529500 starting delivery 6234: msg 562576 to remote
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2001-06-14 08:02:04.460532500 status: local 0/10 remote 74/120
2001-06-14 08:02:04.460533500 starting delivery 6235: msg 562577 to remote
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2001-06-14 08:02:04.460535500 status: local 0/10 remote 75/120
2001-06-14 08:02:04.462625500 starting delivery 6236: msg 562578 to remote
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2001-06-14 08:02:04.462628500 status: local 0/10 remote 76/120
2001-06-14 08:02:04.465389500 starting delivery 6237: msg 562575 to remote
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
So I got rid of the support forward and now support seems to be reiceving mail
fine -- but how I do clear my queue when qmail-qstat reports:
messages in queue: 5046
messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 0
and qmail-qread reports:
<snip x ALOT>
14 Jun 2001 11:14:28 GMT #561180 671057 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14 Jun 2001 11:16:24 GMT #561379 691091 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14 Jun 2001 11:18:22 GMT #561578 710756 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14 Jun 2001 11:20:21 GMT #561777 730706 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14 Jun 2001 11:22:19 GMT #561976 750341 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14 Jun 2001 11:24:29 GMT #562175 770246 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14 Jun 2001 11:26:48 GMT #562374 790598 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14 Jun 2001 11:29:13 GMT #562573 810632 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
14 Jun 2001 11:31:23 GMT #562772 830666 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<snip x ALOT>
Thanks,
davidu
-----Original Message-----
From: David U. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:33 AM
To: Qmail@List. Cr. Yp. To
Subject: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
Hi,
this morning I awoke to find some 6000 emails in my inbox from
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- they were the same exact 6000 emails.
The inbox is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Also in my ps list, I have about 80 qmail-remote spawns that look like this:
998 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com tomer
1012 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com tomer
1016 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com tomer
1038 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com tomer
1039 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com tomer
1063 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com tomer
What are those? How do I kill them off? Why am I getting 6000 of the same
email?
I unfortunatly just cleared my inbox so I don't have headers.
Would this be an issue on my end? If it is, am I now causing a massive headache
for their admin?
My site bandwidth is using a sustained 30K/s to his server this morning...
How can I quickly stop the problem, and find a solution, and discover what's
happening?
Thanks,
DavidU
