Re: [Exim] large retry and wait-remote_smtp files

Hi All,

Here's what I've implemented

- Local copy of named with caching
- Update server to use localhost dns
- Change exim to max queue run of 5 instead of 1 (queue_run_max = 5)
- Now running exim -bd -q5m instead of exim -bd -q5h
- Use tinydb in crontab every 24 hours on /var/spool/mail/db (clean out
retry and wait-remote_smtp files)

Since these changes it seems to have increased throughput. Is there anyway I
can shrink the size of the .dbs?
Are they too big (70mb)? or is this an OK size for our site, considering the
amount of mail we handle ?

Any comments/ideas would be great

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <paul@???>
To: "Stephen Gran" <steve@???>; <exim-users@???>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Exim] large retry and wait-remote_smtp files


>
> Yeah I've just realised I need to follow forks. As per Suresh advice I've
> done exim -bd -q5m and im not waiting for it to sigalarm and start a queue
> run.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Gran" <steve@???>
> To: <exim-users@???>
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Exim] large retry and wait-remote_smtp files
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> > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 12:56:59PM +1100, Paul said:
> > > Im doing strace's on the -q5h or -q15m processes and they seem to be
> > > just sitting there
> > >
> > > one has (/usr/sbin/sendmail -q15m process)
> > >
> > > select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {830, 890000}
> > >
> > > the other (/usr/local/exim/bin/exim -q)
> > >
> > > read(4,
> >
> > Are you using strace -f? IIRC exim forks for each queue run, so tracing
> > the parent won't see the child's activity, you have to follow the forks.
> >
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