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Author: mpierce
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Subject: Re: [Exim] Frozen Messages - Newbie Needs Help]
Thanks to both Yann and yourself for replying. I've answered your questions
as you pose them in the body of your reply.

On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 20:56, Nico Erfurth wrote:
> mpierce wrote:
> > Using Debian Woody 3.0 stable with exim-tls (SSL support) 3.35-3
> >
> > New to program and am lost with the problem of why I'm not getting my
> > mail. Investigation reveals that they are lots of frozen messages, i.e,
> >  7m  3.5K 197tRC-0004kB-00 <> *** frozen ***
> >           exim-users-admin@???
> > 39m  4.3K 197svz-0004d8-00 <> *** frozen ***
> >           mplayer-users-bounces@???
> >  5h  6.1K 197pBk-0003jv-00 <> *** frozen ***
> >           libranet-users@???
> >  5h  8.2K 197pBk-0003jo-00 <> *** frozen ***
> >           procmail-bounces@???
> > 15h  4.8K 197fox-0002iw-00 <> *** frozen ***

> >
> > sentto-1288743-18549-1050948847-mrpierce=optusnet.com.au@???
> > 15h  6.4K 197f7M-0002Wp-00 <> *** frozen ***
> >           evolution-admin@???

> >
> > It appears that every single mailing list is frozen and then there are
> > others. Woe is me!
> >
> > Now, I just need a MTA that delivers my mail to me; nothing really
> > fancy. I have fetchmail grab the mail and procmail do some basic
> > filtering for spam, etc.
> >
> > My IP on the network is 192.168.1.252 if my notebook is docked or
> > 192.168.1.253 if using the PCMCIA card. Regardless of IP, machine is
> > 'libranet'.
> >
> > I attaching my portions of my /etc/exim/exim.conf in the hope that
> > someone can help me quickly sort this out:
>
> I haven't looked at the config, it's better than you provide your
> debuglog also, please try:
>
> exim -d9 -M 197tRC-0004kB-00


Here's is output as requested:
root@libranet:/home/mpierce# exim -d9 -M 197tRC-0004kB-00
Exim version 3.35 debug level 9 uid=0 gid=0
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 3.2.9: (March 19, 2002)
libranet in local_domains? yes (matched libranet)
Unable to create IPv6 socket to find interface addresses:
error 97 Address family not supported by protocol
Trying for an IPv4 socket
Actual local interface address is 127.0.0.1 (lo)
Actual local interface address is 192.168.1.253 (eth1)
Caller is an admin user
Caller is a trusted user
set_process_info: 23317 delivering specified messages
delivering message 197tRC-0004kB-00
set_process_info: 23317 delivering 197tRC-0004kB-00
Opened spool file 197tRC-0004kB-00-H
user=mail uid=8 gid=8 sender=
sender_local=0 resent=no ident=mail
Non-recipients:
Empty Tree
---- End of tree ----
recipients_count=1
body_linecount=82 message_linecount=9
Delivery address list:
exim-users-admin@???
locked /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile
opened DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: flags=0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Considering: exim-users-admin@???
exim.org in local_domains? no (end of list)
unique = exim-users-admin@???
dbfn_read: key=R:exim.org
dbfn_read: key=R:exim-users-admin@???
exim-users-admin@???: queued for routing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

After directing:
  Local deliveries:
  Remote deliveries:
  Failed addresses:
  Addresses to be routed:
    exim-users-admin@???
  Deferred addresses:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

routing exim-users-admin@???, domain exim.org
smarthost router called for exim-users-admin@???
route_domain = exim.org
routelist_item = * localhost bydns_a
after handling route_lists items, matched = 1
original hostlist=localhost options=bydns_a
expanded hostlist="localhost" options=bydns_a
DNS lookup of localhost (AAAA) gave NO_DATA
returning DNS_NOMATCH
DNS lookup of localhost (A) succeeded
Unable to create IPv6 socket to find interface addresses:
error 97 Address family not supported by protocol
Trying for an IPv4 socket
Actual local interface address is 127.0.0.1 (lo)
Actual local interface address is 192.168.1.253 (eth1)
local host found for non-MX address
fully qualified name = localhost
localhost 127.0.0.1 mx=-1 sort=-55
LOG: 0 MAIN
remote host address is the local host: exim.org
smarthost router: error for exim.org
message: remote host address is the local host
post-process exim-users-admin@??? (8)
LOG: 0 MAIN
== exim-users-admin@??? R=smarthost defer (-1): remote host
address is the local host
search_tidyup called
set_process_info: 23317 tidying up after delivering 197tRC-0004kB-00
Processing retry items
Succeeded addresses:
Failed addresses:
Deferred addresses:
exim-users-admin@???: no retry items
end of retry processing
LOG: 0 MAIN
Frozen
delivery deferred: update_spool=1 header_changed=0
Writing spool header file
Size of headers = 414
end delivery of 197tRC-0004kB-00
search_tidyup called
search_tidyup called
root@libranet:/home/mpierce#

>
> This will show many debug-informations, that will help us to find your
> problem.
>
> Further, all those messages are bounces, that most probably means that
> fetchmail did something wrong when it inserted the mail into exim, have
> you checked the body of this messages with exim -Mvb 197tRC-0004kB-00?


Here is output as requested, once again:

root@libranet:/home/mpierce# exim -Mvb 197tRC-0004kB-00
197tRC-0004kB-00-D
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim).

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

  mrpierce@localhost
    unknown local-part "mrpierce" in domain "localhost"
    (FYI - my emails addresses are: mpierce@???,
mrpierce@???, mpierce@303Sport and mpierce@???
All of my mailinglist mail is sent to mrpierce@???)


------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------

Return-path: <exim-users-admin@???>
Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1])
        by libranet with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
        id 197tRC-0004k0-01
        for <mrpierce@localhost>; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:47:38 +1000
Received: from mail023.syd.optusnet.com.au [210.49.20.162]
        by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.11)
        for mrpierce@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:47:38
+1000 (EST)
Received: from exim-colo-01.whoc.theplanet.co.uk
(exim-colo-01.whoc.theplanet.co.uk [195.92.249.251])
        by mail024.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.11.6p2/8.11.6) with ESMTP id
h3M8cpt15354
        for <mrpierce@???>; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:38:52 +1000
Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]
ident=[9wgyqLafSF5DMCZGDn4hV3sJmzKj4Mlh])
        by exim-colo-01.whoc.theplanet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #5)
        id 197tHQ-0005Z3-00; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:37:32 +0100
Received: from [62.173.92.114] (helo=liberty.ipdindex.co.uk)
        by exim-colo-01.whoc.theplanet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #5)
        id 197tG5-0005XF-00
        for exim-users@???; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:36:09 +0100
Received: from [192.168.10.214] (helo=WKS214)
        by liberty.ipdindex.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.14)
        id 197yuB-0003br-A2
        for exim-users@???; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:37:55 -0500
From: "Paul Burton" <paul.burton@???>
To: "Exim-Users@Exim. Org" <exim-users@???>
Message-ID: <NDBBLHKICLIFKBNHADFCEEHDFHAA.paul.burton@???>
MIME-Version: 1.0
content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
content-type: text/plain;
 charset=iso-8859-1
Subject: [Exim] Date on deliveries
Sender: exim-users-admin@???
Errors-To: exim-users-admin@???
X-BeenThere: exim-users@???
X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13
Precedence: bulk
List-Help: <mailto:exim-users-request@exim.org?subject=help>
List-Post: <mailto:exim-users@exim.org>
List-Subscribe: <http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users>,
        <mailto:exim-users-request@exim.org?subject=subscribe>
List-Id: A user list for the exim MTA <exim-users.exim.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users>,
        <mailto:exim-users-request@exim.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:37:32 +0100


I knw this question was asked recently, but it never affected me until
now,
and I stupidly removed the thread ?

when mail is received the date on the mail, is a few hours out, but all
my
system clocks are correct ???

Can somebody help me out on that, It would be greatly appreciated

Many Thanx

Paul Burton
Systems Administrator
IPD
----------------------
7-8 Greenland Place
Camden
London NW1 0AP
----------------------
mailto:paul.burton@ipdindex.co.uk
Tel   : 0207 482 5149 : Office
Fax   :     0207 267 0208



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root@libranet:/home/mpierce#

>
> Also, check your logs, too see why the original message was bounced.


Fetchmail is not creating a log as such, here is abridged output:
349 messages (348 seen) for mrpierce at mail023.syd.optusnet.com.au.
skipping message mrpierce@???:348 (2779 octets)
not flushed
reading message mrpierce@???:349 of 349 (2173
header octets) .. (423 body octets) not flushed
1 message for mpierce at mail023.syd.optusnet.com.au.
reading message mpierce@???:1 of 1 (558 header
octets) (2092 body octets) .. flushed
1 message (1 seen) for mpierce at mail.1300Ttimes.com (2655 octets).
skipping message mpierce@???:1 (2655 octets) not flushed

Here is some output from procmail.log
>From MAILER-DAEMON Tue Apr 22 23:08:23 2003

 Subject: Message frozen
  Folder:
/home/mpierce/Mail/inbox/new/1051016904.23693_1.libranet          790

>From MAILER-DAEMON Tue Apr 22 23:08:27 2003

 Subject: Message frozen
  Folder:
/home/mpierce/Mail/inbox/new/1051016908.23747_1.libranet          790

>From MAILER-DAEMON Tue Apr 22 23:08:29 2003

 Subject: Message frozen
  Folder:
/home/mpierce/Mail/inbox/new/1051016910.23762_1.libranet          790

>From root@libranet Tue Apr 22 23:15:14 2003

 Subject: Cron <root@libranet> /home/mpierce/Scripts/Time-update
  Folder:
/home/mpierce/Mail/inbox/new/1051017315.23796_1.libranet          916



IMHO - it seems to be some sort of alias problem but as I am so new to
exim, just a thought.

>
> Nico
>
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