Re: [Exim] Why aren't my queues working?

On Wednesday 06 November 2002 05:30, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Brett Thorson wrote:
> > I type in
> > exiwhat
> > 4584 running queue: waiting for children of 4585
> > 4588 delivering 1896lS-0000Gt-00: waiting for a remote delivery
> > subprocess to finish 8833 running queue: waiting for 188igd-0004yZ-00
> > (8834)
> > 8834 delivering 188igd-0004yZ-00 (queue run pid 8833)
> > 9723 delivering 1896lS-0000Gt-00 to aix10.segi.ulg.ac.be
> > [139.165.32.133] (user@host,removed.for.the.innocanet.net) 21241 daemon:
> > -q5m, listening for SMTP
> >
> >
> > That looks to me as if there are 2 queue runners going.
>
> Yes. No problem with that. Presumably the first one is tied up with a
> message that is taking a very long time to deliver.
>
> > I have 4 messages in the queue. The 2 above that are being processed,
> > and 2 more that are waiting.
> >
> > If I have
> >
> > queue_run_max = 2
> >
> > shouldn't I still have 4 messages in my queue after a
> > 2002-11-05 13:32:15 Start queue run: pid=11533
>
> Yes, but I don't understand why you think you don't. You should be able
> to see them with "exim -bp" (aka mailq).

I guess the other thing that I see that puzzles me is this:

I have
queue_run_max = 2
queue_smtp_domains = *
remote_max_parallel = 10

According to the documentation:
Because each queue runner delivers only one message at a time, the maximum number of deliveries that can then take place at once is queue_run_max multiplied by remote_max_parallel.

So when I run exiwhat and I see:
(--snip--)
5881 delivering 189kpO-00027Y-00 to mail2.strahm.net [63.196.72.226] (I@???)
5882 delivering 189koh-00025x-00 to altair.sepi.es [195.76.12.134]
5883 delivering 189kpO-00027Y-00 to ns.mtghouse.com [65.84.30.50]
5884 delivering 189koh-00025x-00 to mx0.mail.nickety.net [62.49.234.162]
5885 delivering 189koh-00025x-00 to inbound.electric.net [216.129.90.46]
5886 delivering 189kp4-00026m-00 to mr4.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.10]
5887 delivering 189kp4-00026m-00 to mail.ENYO.DE [212.9.189.162]
5888 delivering 189kp4-00026m-00 to sidehack.sat.gweep.net [204.145.148.154]
5889 delivering 189kqf-0002EI-00 to whitebizsolutions.com [65.31.20.247]
5890 delivering 189kp4-00026m-00 to mail.hostek.net [64.37.66.130]
5891 delivering 189kqf-0002EI-00 to MAIL.hades.skumler.net [80.3.240.131]
5892 delivering 189kqf-0002EI-00 to proxy.6wind.com [194.250.197.211]
5893 delivering 189kqf-0002EI-00 to mail.w7optics.com [63.122.65.67]
5894 delivering 189knM-0001zv-00 to mail.nolimits.ro [194.102.233.6]
5895 delivering 189knM-0001zv-00 to wammac.com [161.58.197.246]
5896 delivering 189knM-0001zv-00 to nic-naa.net [216.220.241.233]
5897 delivering 189knM-0001zv-00 to muminmamman.lifix.fi [193.184.221.19]
5898 delivering 189kpw-00028I-00 to mx3.asahi-net.or.JP [202.224.39.166]
5899 delivering 189knM-0001zv-00 to mxcv.ptop.ad.jp [133.149.128.4]
5900 delivering 189kly-0001x6-00 to mail.cilys.com [24.226.133.66]
5901 delivering 189kly-0001x6-00 to smtp.sendmail.com [209.246.26.40]
5902 delivering 189kls-0001wx-00 to ns2.vega.com.br [200.211.91.130]
5903 delivering 189kly-0001x6-00 to mail.vvk.kvk.nl [212.206.247.66]
5904 delivering 189kly-0001x6-00 to mailhub1.uq.edu.au [130.102.5.58]
5905 delivering 189knh-00020V-00 to mx1.luth.se [130.240.42.11]
5906 delivering 189kpE-000274-00 to gatekeeper2.alcatel.de [194.113.59.14]
5907 delivering 189knh-00020V-00 to wwsmtp.webwasher.com [217.146.159.51]
(--snip--)
I am REALLY confused as to what is happening with my queues.
I wrote some earlier messages that I am trying to get my box to not
be brought to a crawling halt when the 50 or so messages come in the
morning. But as of yet, I haven't been able to do it.
The machine delivers them really fast (Today it delivered 82 messages to 4200 people each in a little over
3.5 hours. I think that's incredible!) But I would gladly give it up to allow the other processes time to run on my machine.

Any advice?

Is there a newbies list I should be asking these questions on?

--Brett