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Thanks, Norman 2011/12/2 Thomas Eichmann <t.eichm...@eggsist.com> > Hi Norman > > I added the jstack output as attachment. I hope it will be helpful. > > Best, > Thomas > > > > On Donnerstag, 1. Dezember 2011 at 21:11, Norman Maurer wrote: > > Hi there, > > could you please also show us the thread stacktrace. > > Bye, > Norman > > > 2011/11/30 Thomas Eichmann <t.eichm...@eggsist.com> > > Hi James users, > > First a short background info, what our company would like to achieve > using James. We have several clients that need mass-mailing capability, > thus we want to create a system that allows us to track these mails and > especially store errors from bounces (also by using VERP), so we can block > unreachable addresses. I created a few custom mailets to handle those > requirements and a custom RemoteDelivery implementation for creating VERP > style sender addresses. The storage is all done in a MySQL database via > JPA. Currently we use it for one client which is not sending huge amounts > of mails, around 80,000 per month. > > The system works well, but it happens after a bigger batch of mails > (around 4,000 mails) that the mail queueing system gets somehow "stuck". > The SMTP server is able to retrieve new mails, but somehow they don't get > send out, until I restart the server. Sometimes a flush() on queue/spool > helps, but most of the times a restart is necessary. > > I added logging to my mailets when they start and finish to see if there > is a problem, but they seem to run fine (no exceptions). It seems that the > mails that arrive after James gets stuck get processed normally by the > mailets, but somehow are not dequeued and sent out. > > Server info > James 3.0 Beta3 > linux 2.6.24-23-xen #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 03:09:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Frankly I'm not sure what is the best way to debug this kind of problem > with James. I could find a few other threads with people describing similar > problems, but I couldn't get closer to the problem. > > Here some data from JMX that I took while the server was in "stuck" status. > > ======================================================= > INFO org.apache.james:type=component,name=queue,queue=outgoing > ======================================================= > Size == 80 > ======================================================= > INFO org.apache.james:type=component,name=queue,queue=spool > ======================================================= > Size == 0 > ======================================================= > INFO > org.apache.james:type=component,component=mailetcontainer,name=mailspooler > ======================================================= > CurrentSpoolCount == 0 > ThreadCount == 20 > ======================================================= > INFO > > org.apache.james:type=component,component=mailetcontainer,name=mailspooler,sub-type=threadpool,threadpool=dequeuer > ======================================================= > TotalTasks == 0 > AverageTaskTime == 0.0 > ActiveThreads == 2 > ActiveTasks == 2 > QueuedTasks == 0 > MaximalThreads == 2 > ======================================================= > INFO > > org.apache.james:type=component,component=mailetcontainer,name=mailspooler,sub-type=threadpool,threadpool=spooler > ======================================================= > TotalTasks == 4653 > AverageTaskTime == 145.0 > ActiveThreads == 20 > ActiveTasks == 0 > QueuedTasks == 0 > MaximalThreads == 20 > > > I also created a jstack output, as it was suggested in one of the threads > I found. I can post it here as well if it could be helpful (I didn't do it > now, because the file is quite large). > > This is the logging output when a new mail is sent while the queue is > stuck (IgnoreBlockedMailet and SendAttemptLogMailet are my custom mailets): > > DEBUG 03:54:46,819 | james.mailspooler | ==== Begin processing mail > Mail1322625286815-aa8034cb-4d50-4044-926f-10bbe8b637e5==== > DEBUG 03:54:46,819 | james.mailprocessor | Call MailProcessor root > INFO 03:54:46,827 | james.mailetcontext | IgnoreBlockedMailet called - > recipients=[t.eichm...@eggsist.com > (mailto:t.eichm...@eggsist.com<t.eichm...@eggsist.com> > )] > INFO 03:54:46,847 | james.mailetcontext | IgnoreBlockedMailet finished - > recipients=[t.eichm...@eggsist.com > (mailto:t.eichm...@eggsist.com<t.eichm...@eggsist.com> > )] > DEBUG 03:54:46,847 | james.mailprocessor | Call MailProcessor transport > INFO 03:54:46,863 | james.mailetcontext | SendAttemptLogMailet called - > recipients=[t.eichm...@eggsist.com > (mailto:t.eichm...@eggsist.com<t.eichm...@eggsist.com> > )] > INFO 03:54:46,927 | james.mailetcontext | SendAttemptLogMailet finished - > recipients=[t.eichm...@eggsist.com > (mailto:t.eichm...@eggsist.com<t.eichm...@eggsist.com> > )] > DEBUG 03:54:46,931 | james.mailprocessor | End of mailetprocessor for > state root reached > > What is missing is this part, which usually follows when the server is > functioning (at least follows after a few minutes if the server is busy). > > INFO 03:54:46,943 | james.mailetcontext | Attempting delivery of > Mail1322620955282-2b903c2d-8378-4a10-848b-6ebd489182bf-to-eggsist.com to > host ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com. at 209.85.225.26 from > bounce+t.eichmann=eggsist.com@???.com for addresses [ > t.eichm...@eggsist.com (mailto:t.eichm...@eggsist.com<t.eichm...@eggsist.com> > )] > INFO 03:54:47,671 | james.mailetcontext | Mail > (Mail1322620955282-2b903c2d-8378-4a10-848b-6ebd489182bf-to-eggsist.com) > sent successfully to ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com. at 209.85.225.26 from > bounce+t.eichmann=eggsist.com@???.com for [t.eichm...@eggsist.com (mailto: > t.eichm...@eggsist.com)] > > > There are a couple of mails that get re-queued 25 times (default limit for > attempts) due to DNS issues (like no MX entry for a domain etc.) until they > are bounced in the system. But I assume James should be able to handle such > mails and new ones in the queue without problems. > > Is there a way to examine mails that are queued and their status? Like how > many times are they already being re-queued, why are they still in the > queue etc.? I'm really not sure how I can debug this issue as I'm new to > James. Any help is very appreciated. > > Regards, > Thomas > > > -- > Thomas Eichmann > > EGGsist limited > suite 27a, tower b, oriental kenzo > dongzhimen, beijing, china > +86 (010) 84477066 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscr...@james.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-h...@james.apache.org >