Philip Hazel said once upon a time:
>
>On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Pete Ashdown wrote:
>
>> Output from exim_tidydb:
>>
>> Exim wait-remote_smtp database in spool /var/spool/mqueue/exim
>> Failed to get write lock for /var/spool/mqueue/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp: Interrupted system call
>
>It should say something about timing out if it was a timeout, so all we
>know is that *something* interrupted the system call that was trying to
>get the lock. No idea, I'm afraid.
Well, since I upgraded to 1.73, it happens on a daily basis. Which causes
outgoing mail to slow to a crawl. I eventually have to kill all the exims,
remove the wait-remote_smtp database and start over, only to have to do it
again the next day.
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