I thought I would have a go at this with the oldest in the queue, 72
hours at the moment, and much to my amazement this happened:-
bash$ /usr/local/exim/bin-imap/exim -brw hcw295@???
No rewrite rules are defined
bash$
bash$
bash$ /usr/local/exim/bin-imap/exim -bV
Exim version 4.34 #1 built 29-Jul-2004 16:22:12
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2004
Probably ndbm
Support for: iconv()
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz
Authenticators:
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Configuration file is /usr/local/exim/imap.conf
So I'm now going to go and scratch my head!!!!
P.S. The configure file is attached if required.
Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Steve Sargent wrote:
>
>
>>The exim running on our imap server has this retry rule:-
>>
>>
>>imap.qmul.ac.uk * F,1h,5m; F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
>>
>>* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h
>>
>>
>>Messages addressed to username@??? get stuck in the queue because
>>the user is over quota, and remain in the queue for 10 days even though the
>>retry rule says 4 days. Does anyone know why?
>
>
> 1. What does
>
> exim -brw username@???
>
> say?
>
> 2. What does
>
> exinext username@???
>
> say?
>
> 3. What is the debug output from
>
> exim -d -M <an id for a stuck message>
>
> ?
>
> One possible scenario is that messages pile up for this user; she clears
> out her mailbox and one message is delivered, filling it up again. This
> sequence continues. The point is that once one message is successfully
> delivered, the retry clock for the address will be reset.
>
> HOWEVER: There is a rule that no message should stay on the queue for
> longer than the longest retry time for any of its addresses. So what I
> wrote above should be superseded by that rule. The debug output might
> give a clue as to what is happening.
>
--
Steve Sargent, Vox +44 020 7882 3220, Fax +44 020 8980 2001
QMUL Computing Services, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
Email : S.L.Sargent@???
WWW page:
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/~cgaa160/index.html
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# exim configuration file for cyrus/imap delivery service
# 1.0.0 10 Jun 2004 (sls) - preliminary for version 4 of exim
# 1.0.2 18 Jun 2004 (sls) - allow users to submit mail via this host temporarily.
# 1.0.3 15 Jul 2004 (sls) - change relay_hosts to have 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost and fix a missing ':'.
# 1.0.4 16 Jul 2004 (sls) - change freeze_tell to postmaster-frozen@qm and turn ident calls off.
# 1.0.5 16 Jul 2004 (sls) - change errors_copy to postmaster-errors@qm.
# 1.0.6 16 Jul 2004 (sls) - move the log and spool files into a sub-directory called imap.
# 1.0.7 16 Jul 2004 (sls) - remove 127.0.0.1 from local_interfaces (should be in imap.local or standard.local).
# 1.0.8 19 Jul 2004 (sls) - change location of the spool and log directories.
# 1.0.9 28 Jul 2004 (sls) - add 127.0.0.1 to qm_hosts.
# 1.0.10 29 Jul 2004 (sls) - add interface = INTERFACE to the remote_smtp transport.
# 1.0.11 02 Aug 2004 (sls) - remove 138.37.0.0/16 from relay_hosts to stop imap from being used as a submission seervice.
# - change the message in the rcpt ACL to relay not permitted
# 1.0.12 06 Oct 2004 (mdte)- use: .include imap.conf directive.
# - add: bounce_return_body false
# 1.0.13 07 Dec 2004 (sls) - add mail2-test to the list of allowed sending hosts.
# include local configuration.
.include /usr/local/exim/imap.local
SPOOLDIR = /var/spool/exim-imap
LOGDIR = /var/log/exim-imap
######################################################################
# Runtime configuration file for Exim #
######################################################################
acl_smtp_connect = check_connection
acl_smtp_rcpt = check_recipient
acl_smtp_data = check_message
domainlist local_domains = @ : \
imap.qmw.ac.uk : \
imap.qmul.ac.uk
hostlist relay_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : \
138.37.6.7 : 138.37.6.6 : 138.37.6.9 : 138.37.6.37 : 138.37.6.5 : \
138.37.6.15 : 138.37.8.140 : 138.37.8.139 : 138.37.6.16
# a list of servers allowed to send to the imap server
# ---------------------------------------------------
# 138.37.6.7 - mail1.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.6 - mail2.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.9 - delta.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.37 - theta.qmw.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.5 - chi.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.15 - mail1-test.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.6.16 - mail2-test.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.8.140 - mdte.css.qmul.ac.uk
# 138.37.8.139 - sls.css.qmw.ac.uk
hostlist qm_hosts = 138.37.0.0/16 : 127.0.0.1
log_selector = \
+received_sender \
+received_recipients \
+smtp_confirmation \
+sender_on_delivery
######################################################################
# MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS #
######################################################################
primary_hostname = PRIMARY_HOSTNAME
allow_domain_literals = false
never_users = root
spool_directory = SPOOLDIR
log_file_path = LOGDIR/%s
pid_file_path = LOGDIR/exim.pid
host_lookup = 0.0.0.0/0
# allow cyrus to set the sender for sieve support
trusted_users = cyrus
# SMTP settings
# listen only on service IP number
local_interfaces = INTERFACE
# give the local postmaster a copy of any errors
errors_copy = "*@* postmaster-errors@???"
freeze_tell = postmaster-frozen@???
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d
timeout_frozen_after = 7d
# do not return body (as it may contain null chars and get stuck).
bounce_return_body = false
# disable ident calls.
rfc1413_query_timeout = 0s
######################################################################
# ACL CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
begin acl
# ACL that is used after the initial smtp connection
check_connection:
drop hosts = !+qm_hosts
message = Private internal use only.
accept hosts = +relay_hosts
drop message = Please use smtp.qmul.ac.uk for message submission.
# ACL that is used after the RCPT command
check_recipient:
accept hosts = :
accept domains = +local_domains
accept hosts = +relay_hosts
deny message = relay not permitted
# ACL that is used after the DATA command
check_message:
accept
######################################################################
# AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
######################################################################
# REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
######################################################################
# ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
# Specifies how remote addresses are handled #
######################################################################
begin routers
# just send everything to the main relays
smart_route:
driver = manualroute
domains = ! +local_domains
route_list = * mailrelay.qmul.ac.uk bydns
transport = remote_smtp
no_more
system_aliases:
driver = redirect
allow_defer
allow_fail
data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
debug_print = "in alias router"
file_transport = address_file
pipe_transport = address_pipe
retry_use_local_part
# user = exim
# Director for sending local mail via the cyrus transport
local_user_cyrus:
driver = accept
debug_print = "in cyrus router"
retry_use_local_part
transport = lmtp_delivery_over_ip
######################################################################
# TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.
begin transports
remote_smtp:
driver = smtp
interface = INTERFACE
# local delivery to Cyrus using LMTP over TCP/IP
lmtp_delivery_over_ip:
driver = smtp
allow_localhost
debug_print = "*** lmtp over tcp/ip: local part $local_part"
hosts = localhost
port = "lmtp"
protocol = LMTP
address_pipe:
driver = pipe
return_output
address_file:
driver = appendfile
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
address_reply:
driver = autoreply
######################################################################
# RETRY CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# Domain Error Retries
# ------ ----- -------
begin retry
imap.qmul.ac.uk * F,1h,5m; F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h
# End of Exim 4 configuration
