Re: [exim] Spool file is locked (another process is handling…

Marc Sherman schrieb:
>> The mainlog says: 2005-09-29 02:09:29 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is
>> locked (another process is handling this message)
>
> That's not all the mainlog says. Use exigrep to find all the mainlog
> messages so we can see how the message got into this state in the first
> place:
>
> exigrep 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw /var/log/exim4/mainlog*

Here's the output:
+++ 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw not completed +++
2005-09-29 02:09:29 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 02:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 03:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 03:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 04:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 04:39:31 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 05:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 05:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 06:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 06:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 07:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 07:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 08:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 08:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 09:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 09:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 10:09:36 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 10:39:36 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 11:09:36 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 11:39:37 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 12:09:36 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 12:39:36 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 15:25:51 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 15:55:51 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 16:25:50 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 16:55:50 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 17:25:50 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 17:55:50 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 18:07:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw <= oliver@??? H=dsl-084-060-040-005.arcor-ip.net
([192.168.1.75]) [84.60.40.5] P=esmtpa A=cram_md5_server:oliver S=609
id=433ABFB8.5020503@???
2005-09-28 18:34:57 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 19:04:57 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 19:34:57 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 19:55:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 20:00:12 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 20:26:00 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 20:55:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 21:25:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 21:55:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 22:25:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 23:09:29 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 23:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 00:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 00:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 01:09:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-29 01:39:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)

> If it's an exim queue runner process holding the lock, exiwhat will show
> it. In that case, killing the process should release it, I think.

exiwhat | grep 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw showed this:

16805 running queue: waiting for 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw (16965)
16965 delivering 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw: waiting for a remote delivery subprocess to finish
17379 delivering 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw to domain.de [IP.Address.Anonymized.:-)] (user@???)

Killing does not help because the next time I send a mail to that receipient it starts again.
I can send mail however to all other mail adresses but this one. It's my brother's and he says
that he sah no problem getting emails from others.

Thanks for your help.

--
Oliver Kötter