On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 17:03 +0000, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Ron McKeating wrote:
>
> > > > rw-r----- 1 exim nobody 2914 Nov 1 09:18 1COYKP-0003xo-Bj-D
> > > > -rw-r----- 1 exim nobody 1167 Nov 1 09:18 1COYKP-0003xo-Bj-H
> > >
> > > How did that happen? The message whose ID is 1COYKP-0003xo-Bj should be
> > > in the /usr/local/exim/spool/input/o/ directory, not the .../P/
> > > directory (assuming you have split_spool_directory set). That's why Exim
> > > can't find it.
> > >
> >
> > Hmmm very confused. We tend not to bugger about with spool directories
> > much. So lets do a little test
>
> SORRY! Thinko Alert! Mea Culpa! Mea Culpa! What I wrote is utter
> nonsense. Blame it on Friday.
>
> I take it all back. There is no problem with your spool directories.
> (It's the last character of the FIRST component that is used for the
> subdirectory, not the last character of the last component.)
>
> So, back to the other idea: what spool directory is Exim looking at? Did
> you try running the -Mrm with the -d debugging flag?
>
>
Sorry for the late reply, been on a course (accounts, discounted cash
flow, oh! bliss, where's that coil of hemp)
Anyhow used
$ exiqgrep -r randomain.net -i | xargs -l exim -Mrm
as suggested and all worked ok, thanks for the reply Phil, I was worried
we had done something seriously odd.
Ron
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