Re: [Exim] Frozen messages in queue...

Jose de Paula Eufrasio Junior wrote:
> Hello, it's me again :)
>
> I'm now with 4 domains and circa 1000 users running in exim, very fast
> :)
>
> the thing is, there's a bunch of frozen messages waiting for the retry
> time, but a lot of them are bounces and such. My question is, for
> example, looking at the msglog for a this frozen message:
>
>
> 2003-01-21 01:33:37 SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
> TO:<opitmouinf2@???>: host mx3.hotmail.com [65.54.254.140]: 550
> Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
> 2003-01-21 01:33:37 opitmouinf2@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp:
> SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<opitmouinf2@???>:
> host mx3.hotmail.com [65.54.254.140]: 550 Requested action not taken:
> mailbox unavailable
> *** Frozen (delivery error message)
>
> Messages that get errors like that (550) should be freezed and scheduled
> for a retry? there's 65K messages in the queue, and I'm starting to get
> worried... some of them are from amavis getting a 75 error signal (just
> 3 or 4), but the others are timeouts and 550 errors...
> It's normal or my setup is freezing erroneously?

65k message in the queue are NOT normal.
Check your config, you should at least use receiver and sender verify in
your ACL, with sender callout you can reject most of the non bounceable
message at SMTP time.

The amavis router should have the no_verify option set, and you should
hand the address enclosed in <> to amavis.

Further you should check these options
timeout_frozen_after
auto_thaw
ignore_bounce_errors_after

in cour configfile (and spec.txt)

Nico