[vchkpw] 2 Messages stuck in queue
I seem to have two messages stuck in the queue: d97# qmailctl stat /service/qmail-send: up (pid 67194) 419 seconds /service/qmail-send/log: up (pid 67195) 419 seconds /service/qmail-smtpd: up (pid 67198) 419 seconds /service/qmail-smtpd/log: up (pid 67199) 419 seconds messages in queue: 2 messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 0 /service/qmail-pop3d: up (pid 68084) 1 seconds /service/qmail-pop3d/log: up (pid 68085) 1 seconds There is only one user on the system which I have been testing with, and all mail to that user has been collected. Am I correct in saying that these are mail system notices?? I have done the following: d97# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root d97# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-postmaster d97# ln -s .qmail-postmaster /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-mailer-daemon d97# chmod 644 /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root /var/qmail/alias/.qmail- postmaster and checked my bigpond.net.au mail and received no messages. How do I free up those 2 messages in the queue? Thanks! Clint
Re: [vchkpw] 2 Messages stuck in queue
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 02:09:22PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How do I free up those 2 messages in the queue?
When you say 'free up' do you mean bounce? If so, you should use the
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread program to first get information about the
messages:
# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread
22 Mar 2003 14:33:41 GMT #540874 11314
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
22 Mar 2003 14:34:09 GMT #541588 11329
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The number after the date is the queue id, this comes from the files inode.
You will need that piece of information to 'clear' messages from the queue.
I put the following code in a script named 'qexpire' and use it to expire
messages from the queue:
#!/bin/sh
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
echo usage: qexpire queueid [...]
exit 1
fi
for i in $@; do
find /var/qmail/queue/info/ -name $i -exec touch -d '2 weeks ago' {} \;
done
So, to remove the two messages in the example above I would issue the
following:
# qexpire 540874 541588
If the messages fail to send when qmail next attempts delivery then they
will bounce. To immediately force qmail to attempt to deliver them you
can send qmail-send an ALRM:
# svc -a /service/qmail-send
I am assuming that you are using a LWQ installation since you used the
qmailctl script. You may find that the qmail-send service directory is
named something other than 'qmail-send' on your system.
Good luck,
Cory
--
Cory Wright
Stand Blue Technology
http://www.standblue.net/
Re: [vchkpw] 2 Messages stuck in queue
Thanks for that Cory.
What exactly are those messages that get held in the queue? Judging on
the output of qmail-qread:
d97# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread
22 Mar 2003 16:24:20 GMT #464 3405
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
23 Mar 2003 02:49:04 GMT #73 9234
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
they look like people are trying to bounce (is that the correct
terminology?) spam through my mail server, am I correct?
Thanks again
Clint
- Original Message -
From: Cory Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, March 23, 2003 2:31 pm
Subject: Re: [vchkpw] 2 Messages stuck in queue
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 02:09:22PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: How do I free up those 2 messages in the queue?
When you say 'free up' do you mean bounce? If so, you should use the
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread program to first get information about
the
messages:
# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread
22 Mar 2003 14:33:41 GMT #540874 11314
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
22 Mar 2003 14:34:09 GMT #541588 11329
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The number after the date is the queue id, this comes from the
files inode.
You will need that piece of information to 'clear' messages from
the queue.
I put the following code in a script named 'qexpire' and use it to
expiremessages from the queue:
#!/bin/sh
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
echo usage: qexpire queueid [...]
exit 1
fi
for i in $@; do
find /var/qmail/queue/info/ -name $i -exec touch -d '2 weeks
ago' {} \;
done
So, to remove the two messages in the example above I would issue the
following:
# qexpire 540874 541588
If the messages fail to send when qmail next attempts delivery
then they
will bounce. To immediately force qmail to attempt to deliver
them you
can send qmail-send an ALRM:
# svc -a /service/qmail-send
I am assuming that you are using a LWQ installation since you used the
qmailctl script. You may find that the qmail-send service
directory is
named something other than 'qmail-send' on your system.
Good luck,
Cory
--
Cory Wright
Stand Blue Technology
http://www.standblue.net/
Re: [vchkpw] 2 Messages stuck in queue
On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 03:10:47PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What exactly are those messages that get held in the queue? Judging on the output of qmail-qread: d97# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread 22 Mar 2003 16:24:20 GMT #464 3405 remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23 Mar 2003 02:49:04 GMT #73 9234 remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] they look like people are trying to bounce (is that the correct terminology?) spam through my mail server, am I correct? Yes, these are most likely spam messages sent to nonexistant accounts on your server. qmail is trying to bounce them, but, for whatever reason, the messages are still in your queue. It is probably safe to expire them. Cory -- Cory Wright Stand Blue Technology http://www.standblue.net/
