MS keeps sending "Problem Messages" email

Michal Szymanski msz at astrouw.edu.pl
Fri Dec 11 12:21:19 GMT 2009


> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:11:30 +0100
> From: Hugo van der Kooij <hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org>
> Subject: Re: MS keeps sending "Problem Messages" email
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Message-ID: <4B216402.3070805 at vanderkooij.org>
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> 
> On 10/12/09 11:22, Michal Szymanski wrote:
> 
> > After upgrade of my system, MailScanner started to send, every hour or
> > two, the following message to local "root":
> >
> >    Currently being processed:
> >
> >    Number of messages: 3
> >    Tries	Message	Next Try At
> >    =====	=======	===========
> >    2	679CF35238A.A4B92	Wed Dec  9 19:06:46 2009
> >    2	2212E352375.A31EA	Wed Dec  9 19:04:47 2009
> >    2	9985E35238D.A78A5	Wed Dec  9 19:04:13 2009
> >
> >    --
> >    MailScanner
> >
> > No trace of files named as above, anywhere in the system (like in
> > quarantine, queues etc.)
> 
> My guess is that you just happen to have too many messages in a batch. 
> Then they can't all be handled in time so they stay in the queue untill 
> the next attempt and then pass through.
> 
> Perhaps you need to reduce the number of messages in 1 batch?
> 
> Hugo.

I am not sure what you are suggesting. What do you mean by "batch".

I do not see these messages in any of MailScanner/postfix spooling
directories (or, at least, I cannot find them, either by 'find' or
'grep'). How can they reappear, then?

regards, Michal.


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