How would I go about giving qmail-send and ALRM signal?
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Tim Hunter wrote:
> Try giving qmail-send and ALRM signal, and watch the logs to see if they
> might be getting deferred. Do you know if any messages are getting out? I
> have never seen that many messages get "stuck" in the queue
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Backman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 7:08 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Qmail
> Subject: RE: qmail problems
>
>
>
> I am unsure about the reason for it's failure. I guess I was just lucky to
> inherit the problem... ;^) There are no log files regarding this. The
> files are readable. ex:
>
> machine# more 143099
> u0^@p15606^@[EMAIL PROTECTED]^@[EMAIL PROTECTED]^@
> machine#
>
> is in both intd and todo.
>
> machine# ./qmail-qstat
> messages in queue: 115248
> messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 549
>
> when I run 'qmail-send' it just sits there and does not send any of the
> files out...
>
> I apologize for being clueless here but I have never dealt with qmail
> before and this was dumped into my lap...
>
> Thanks again.
>
> - Todd
>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Tim Hunter wrote:
>
> > Taken from Life With qmail by Dave Sill
> >
> > D.3. Queue structure
> > The file INTERNALS in the build directory discusses the details of
> queueing
> > more thoroughly.
> >
> > intd envelopes under construction by qmail-queue
> > todo complete envelopes
> >
> > my guess is that qmail-queue broke a few times?
> > any indication in your logs? are the files readable?
> > More info please
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Todd Backman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:26 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: qmail problems
> >
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have inherited a freebsd box running qmail...and I have never used qmail
> > before. What I would like to know is:
> >
> > What are the functions of the 'todo' and 'intd' directories? There are
> > tons of msgs in them and qmail does not seem to be processing them. I have
> > moved the files out of the directory (backed them up) and moved a small
> > amt. of them back in to see if the dirs. were just overloaded, restarted
> > qmail and attempted to run qmail-send with no luck. If someone could hit
> > me with the clue stick it would be greatly appreciated... ;^)
> >
> > After looking at the qmail archives I am unable to resolve this issue.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > - Todd
> >
>
Thanks.
- Todd
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