* Donovan Craig <donovan@???> [20050410 15:45]: wrote:
> Hi,
Hi Donovan,
> I've tried google and reading the other posts in the mail list archives
> but can't seem to find a solution to the problem I'm experiencing.
>
> Certain messages (seem to be all SPAM) are getting stuck and causing
> Exim to use all of my available CPU.
>
> It seems these messages are bounces my server is trying to send as the
> messages are definite SPAM. During the connection to the remote server,
> my server just sits there.
>
> Is there any way to stop it doing this?
Which server is the "remote server" ?
How do you conclude that the messages are spam? If your server is able
to classify them rightly, then I'd suggest that you reject them
forthright. Don't send bounces, as that may lead to some folks upstream
to "Teergrub" your server.
> Also, is there any way to clear these messages? When I try to remove
> them, exim says they're locked.
You could stop exim and start it again using "exim -bd". You could then
use whatever method you were trying to remove them since with just -bd,
exim does not start any queue runners.
cheers
- wash
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