Re: Exim mail Problem
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:47:59 -0600 Daniel J Rychlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im seeing this same message execpt that the neat looking > identifiers after the timestamp change slightly. There is about > 50 diffrent identifiers or so in the main log. The problem im > seeing is exim mail chewing up resources and not letting anything > else play, like apache. ;o) Install the eximon package. Run it as root and then use that to investigate what messages are being held and why. -- J C Lawrence -(*)Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
Re: Exim mail Problem
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:47:59 -0600 Daniel J Rychlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im seeing this same message execpt that the neat looking > identifiers after the timestamp change slightly. There is about > 50 diffrent identifiers or so in the main log. The problem im > seeing is exim mail chewing up resources and not letting anything > else play, like apache. ;o) Install the eximon package. Run it as root and then use that to investigate what messages are being held and why. -- J C Lawrence -(*)Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim mail Problem
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 06:47:59PM -0600, Daniel J. Rychlik wrote: > Dear Debian Guruz, > > My debian server is acting funny. I did some searching around and greped for > anomolies in my log files. I have noticed that exim mail is showing a > message frozen in the mainlog file. > 2002-01-17 18:38:02 16L9VL -0001OX-00 Message is frozen > End queue run: pid=17620 > > Im seeing this same message execpt that the neat looking identifiers after > the timestamp change slightly. There is about 50 diffrent identifiers or so > in the main log. The problem im seeing is exim mail chewing up resources and > not letting anything else play, like apache. ;o) > > Any ideas? Or how do I stop this from happening? > > Thanks in advance, > Daniel J. Rychlik > > It usally means, that exim is not able to deliver the message. By running exim -bp you see the delivery status of the messages queue. You can run try flushing the queue manually by exim -d 10 -M You get heaps of output which you can look through to get some clue at what is getting wrong. You also need to work through the exim manuals to understand the output. It may be cumbersome but is worth the effort. Mathias
Re: Exim mail Problem
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 06:47:59PM -0600, Daniel J. Rychlik wrote: > Dear Debian Guruz, > > My debian server is acting funny. I did some searching around and greped for >anomolies in my log files. I have noticed that exim mail is showing a message frozen >in the mainlog file. > 2002-01-17 18:38:02 16L9VL -0001OX-00 Message is frozen > End queue run: pid=17620 > > Im seeing this same message execpt that the neat looking identifiers after the >timestamp change slightly. There is about 50 diffrent identifiers or so in the main >log. The problem im seeing is exim mail chewing up resources and not letting >anything else play, like apache. ;o) > > Any ideas? Or how do I stop this from happening? > > Thanks in advance, > Daniel J. Rychlik > > It usally means, that exim is not able to deliver the message. By running exim -bp you see the delivery status of the messages queue. You can run try flushing the queue manually by exim -d 10 -M You get heaps of output which you can look through to get some clue at what is getting wrong. You also need to work through the exim manuals to understand the output. It may be cumbersome but is worth the effort. Mathias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim mail Problem
Try running mailq, to get a list of messages currently in the queue. Try doing an "exigrep 16L9VL-0001OX-00 mainlog" to try and find out why the message is frozen. You will probably have to search back through your logs if its been there a while. And here is a little script I use a work to delete messages from the queue matching a pattern: #!/usr/bin/ksh SPAM=$1 mailq |grep $SPAM |cut -b11-26 > /tmp/spamlist for i in `cat /tmp/spamlist`doexim -Mrm $iecho "deleted $i"donerm /tmp/spamlist And here is a modifaction to try and force deliverery attempts on messages matching a pattern. #!/usr/bin/ksh SPAM=$1 mailq |grep $SPAM |cut -b11-26 > /tmp/sendlist for i in `cat /tmp/sendlist`doexim -M $iecho "delivered $i"donerm /tmp/sendlist Andrew TaitSystem AdministratorCountry NetLink Pty, LtdE-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]WWW: http://www.cnl.com.au30 Bank St Cobram, VIC 3644, AustraliaPh: +61 (03) 58 711 000Fax: +61 (03) 58 711 874 "It's the smell! If there is such a thing." Agent Smith - The Matrix - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Rychlik To: debian-security@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: Exim mail Problem Dear Debian Guruz, My debian server is acting funny. I did some searching around and greped for anomolies in my log files. I have noticed that exim mail is showing a message frozen in the mainlog file. 2002-01-17 18:38:02 16L9VL -0001OX-00 Message is frozen End queue run: pid=17620 Im seeing this same message execpt that the neat looking identifiers after the timestamp change slightly. There is about 50 diffrent identifiers or so in the main log. The problem im seeing is exim mail chewing up resources and not letting anything else play, like apache. ;o) Any ideas? Or how do I stop this from happening? Thanks in advance, Daniel J. Rychlik
Exim mail Problem
Dear Debian Guruz, My debian server is acting funny. I did some searching around and greped for anomolies in my log files. I have noticed that exim mail is showing a message frozen in the mainlog file. 2002-01-17 18:38:02 16L9VL -0001OX-00 Message is frozen End queue run: pid=17620 Im seeing this same message execpt that the neat looking identifiers after the timestamp change slightly. There is about 50 diffrent identifiers or so in the main log. The problem im seeing is exim mail chewing up resources and not letting anything else play, like apache. ;o) Any ideas? Or how do I stop this from happening? Thanks in advance, Daniel J. Rychlik
Re: Exim mail Problem
Try running mailq, to get a list of messages currently in the queue. Try doing an "exigrep 16L9VL-0001OX-00 mainlog" to try and find out why the message is frozen. You will probably have to search back through your logs if its been there a while. And here is a little script I use a work to delete messages from the queue matching a pattern: #!/usr/bin/ksh SPAM=$1 mailq |grep $SPAM |cut -b11-26 > /tmp/spamlist for i in `cat /tmp/spamlist`doexim -Mrm $iecho "deleted $i"donerm /tmp/spamlist And here is a modifaction to try and force deliverery attempts on messages matching a pattern. #!/usr/bin/ksh SPAM=$1 mailq |grep $SPAM |cut -b11-26 > /tmp/sendlist for i in `cat /tmp/sendlist`doexim -M $iecho "delivered $i"donerm /tmp/sendlist Andrew TaitSystem AdministratorCountry NetLink Pty, LtdE-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]WWW: http://www.cnl.com.au30 Bank St Cobram, VIC 3644, AustraliaPh: +61 (03) 58 711 000Fax: +61 (03) 58 711 874 "It's the smell! If there is such a thing." Agent Smith - The Matrix - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Rychlik To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: Exim mail Problem Dear Debian Guruz, My debian server is acting funny. I did some searching around and greped for anomolies in my log files. I have noticed that exim mail is showing a message frozen in the mainlog file. 2002-01-17 18:38:02 16L9VL -0001OX-00 Message is frozen End queue run: pid=17620 Im seeing this same message execpt that the neat looking identifiers after the timestamp change slightly. There is about 50 diffrent identifiers or so in the main log. The problem im seeing is exim mail chewing up resources and not letting anything else play, like apache. ;o) Any ideas? Or how do I stop this from happening? Thanks in advance, Daniel J. Rychlik
Exim mail Problem
Dear Debian Guruz, My debian server is acting funny. I did some searching around and greped for anomolies in my log files. I have noticed that exim mail is showing a message frozen in the mainlog file. 2002-01-17 18:38:02 16L9VL -0001OX-00 Message is frozen End queue run: pid=17620 Im seeing this same message execpt that the neat looking identifiers after the timestamp change slightly. There is about 50 diffrent identifiers or so in the main log. The problem im seeing is exim mail chewing up resources and not letting anything else play, like apache. ;o) Any ideas? Or how do I stop this from happening? Thanks in advance, Daniel J. Rychlik
