Messages Waiting Incoming queue
Desai, Jason
jase at SENSIS.COM
Mon Mar 17 22:06:13 GMT 2003
Does
exim -Mvl 18tuPF-0001Uk-00
give you any clues? (Run "exim -Mvl <msg id>")
Jason
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hancock, Scott [mailto:HancockS at MORGANCO.COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:48 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [MAILSCANNER] Messages Waiting Incoming queue
>
>
> Greetings all,
>
> I have waiting files in my exim incoming queue. I believe these files
> are orphaned when I terminate mailscanner.
>
> When I stop mailscanner I continue to receive incoming to my incoming
> queue. When I start mailscanner again it does not process
> the mail that
> has already arrived. However, any new mail that arrives does get
> processed. I'm still waiting 3 days later (on 3
> insignificant emails).
> The -H and -D files look ok to me. Below is a -H and -D file in the
> queue.
>
> I admit my start stop scripts maybe a contributing factor. Below is my
> start stop /etc/init.d/mailscanner modified from the Debian package to
> address the /opt directory. Does this script need some
> modification to
> address the new child spawning in 4.x?
>
> Debian Sarg
> Exim 3.36
> Mailscanner 4.13 (running as mail, tar installation)
> SA 2.44
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Scott Hancock
>
>
>
> **************start script *****************************
>
> #! /bin/sh
> #
> # skeleton example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
> # This file should be used to construct scripts for
> /etc/init.d.
> #
> # Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg
> <miquels at cistron.nl>.
> # Modified for Debian GNU/Linux
> # by Ian Murdock <imurdock at gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
> #
> # Version: @(#)skeleton 1.8 03-Mar-1998 miquels at cistron.nl
> #
> # This file was automatically customized by dh-make on Fri,
> 4 Jan 2002
> 20:05:18 +0100
>
> #PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/MailScanner/bin
> #DAEMON=/usr/sbin/check_mailscanner
> DAEMON=/opt/MailScanner/bin/check_mailscanner
> NAME=MailScanner
> DESC=MailScanner
>
> test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
>
> set -e
>
> run_mailscanner=0
> if [ -f /etc/default/mailscanner ]; then
> . /etc/default/mailscanner
> fi
>
> if [ $run_mailscanner = 0 ]; then
> cat <<EOF
>
> Please edit the file /etc/mailscanner/mailscanner.conf
> according to your
> needs.
> Then configure sendmail or exim for use with mailscanner.
>
> After you are done you will have to edit /etc/default/mailscanner as
> well. There you will have to set the variable run_mailscanner to 1,
> and then type "/etc/init.d/mailscanner start" to start the mailscanner
> daemon.
>
> EOF
> exit 0
> fi
>
> case "$1" in
> start)
> #echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile
> /opt/MailScanner/var/$NAME.pid \
> --exec $DAEMON
> RETVAL=$?
> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
> touch /var/lock/subsys/mailscanner
> fi
> #echo "$NAME."
> echo ' '
> ;;
> stop)
> echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile
> /opt/MailScanner/var/$NAME.pid
> RETVAL=$?
> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
> rm -f /var/lock/subsys/mailscanner
> fi
> echo "$NAME."
> ;;
> restart|force-reload)
> #
> # If the "reload" option is implemented, move the
> "force-reload"
> # option to the "reload" entry above. If not,
> "force-reload" is
> # just the same as "restart".
> #
> echo "Restarting $DESC: "
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile
> /opt/MailScanner/var/$NAME.pid
> RETVAL=$?
> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
> rm -f /var/lock/subsys/mailscanner
> fi
> sleep 1
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile
> /opt/MailScanner/var/$NAME.pid \
> --exec $DAEMON
> RETVAL=$?
> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
> touch /var/lock/subsys/mailscanner
> fi
> #echo NAME."
> echo ' '
> ;;
> *)
> N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
> # echo "Usage: $N
> {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
> echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
> exit 1
> ;;
> esac
>
> exit 0
>
>
>
>
>
> ************ -H ***********************
>
> 18tuPF-0001Uk-00-H
> root 0 0
> <3dsmax_MAXScript.listmanager at support.discreet.com>
> 1047668389 0
> -helo_name morganco.com
> -host_address ###.###.###.###.31248 ==>## replace my internal ip's
> -interface_address ###.###.###.###
> -received_protocol esmtp
> -body_linecount 14
> -deliver_firsttime
> XX
> 1
> hancocks at morganco.com
>
> 191P Received: from [172.16.2.3] (helo=morganco.com)
> by pebbles.morganco.com with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian))
> id 18tuPF-0001Uk-00
> for <hancocks at morganco.com>; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 08:59:49 -1000
> 131P Received: from mut.autodesk.com ([198.102.112.26]) by
> gateway.morganco.com with ESMTP id <119237>; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 08:50:06
> -0500
> 182P Received: from support.discreet.com (disweb03.autodesk.com
> [144.111.4.235])
> by mut.autodesk.com (8.12.8/8.12.6) with ESMTP id
> h2EDwsQF027351;
> Fri, 14 Mar 2003 05:58:54 -0800 (PST)
> 045 Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 05:58:54 -0800 (PST)
> 059I Message-Id: <200303141358.h2EDwsQF027351 at mut.autodesk.com>
> 091F From: "3dsmax_MAXScript: James Carson"
> <3dsmax_MAXScript.listmanager at support.discreet.com>
> 020 Subject: Tutorials?
> 068R Reply-To: "MAXScript"
> <3dsmax_MAXScript.39397 at support.discreet.com>
> 026 X-Mailer: WebBoard 6.0.15
> 017 Precedence: Bulk
> 027T To: Unlisted-recipients :;
>
> **************** -D file ***********************************
>
> 18tuPF-0001Uk-00-D
> From: "James Carson" <carson_w at hotmail.com>
>
> 1 Meg I think..
>
> I sent you an email on my work email you can send it to if you want.
> Put my work email here, then remember the spam trolls :)
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
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>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:16 AM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: Messages Waiting
> >
> > At 23:08 04/03/2003, you wrote:
> > >When MailScanner restarts I get a lot of messages waiting, yet my
> mailq
> > >is more or less empty.
> > >
> > >So what are these waiting messages?
> > >
> > >Mar 4 22:34:47 www mailscanner[2604]: Startup: found 345 messages
> > >waiting
> >
> > You may well have loads of orphaned files in mqeue.in. You
> can safely
> > delete
> > 1) anything old
> > 2) any df files without matching qf files
> > 3) any qf files without matching df files
> > 4) any xf files
> > But make sure sendmail isn't running when you do this.
> > --
> > Julian Field
> > www.MailScanner.info
> > Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
> > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
>
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