We had the same problem with this domain, but of course it was 'remote'
mail that was hanging, not local. Our solution was to add this domain
to our local DNS so it would be delivered locally and then dumped.
We have also blocked smtp connections from the many IPs that these
hosts resolved to.
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is there a way to stop local mail from being delivered to a remote domain.
> > I have a domain that keeps filling up my que and never delivers. the domain
> > is always listed as opt??.edirectnetworks.net For some reason they never
> > seem to time out and drop out of the que. They just sit there... and
> > finally will build up to the point that I will have to reboot the system to
> > clear out the cue enough to start the delivery of my local mail in a timely
> > manner.
>
> Messages sitting in the queue do not stop local deliveries from happening.
> Even in-progress remote deliveries which are stalled do not stop local
> deliveries from happening -- concurrency is maintained separately for local
> and remote deliveries.
>
> You're micromanaging the queue. Have you actually seen local mail delivery
> delayed by these "stuck" messages? If so, post the log of qmail-send during
> the time it was happening.
>
> Charles
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Thank you.
tom blauvelt
Thomas Blauvelt NorthNet Internet Services, Inc.
North Country Reference & Research Resources Council
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