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

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Author: Oliver Kötter
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)

Marc Haber schrieb:
>>It says 0 :-( I guess that is not good?
>
> It's good in a way that we now know what is going on on your system,
> but bad in a way that there is no easy way to fix it.
>
> To establish a cryptographically protected connection, exim (or GnuTLS
> in the case of Debian's exim packges) need a certain quantity of
> random numbers which it tries to pull from Linux' entropy pool. On
> your system, that entropy pool is empty, so exim waits until enough
> random has been found.
>
> You need to investigate which sources of random numbers are available
> on your system. If you're lucky, your machine has a hardware random
> number generator, so all you need to do is install the rng-tools.


OK, from what I understand exim trys to encrypt that message or something from that communication
to the destination server? But why do all other outgoing mail addresses work? Is there a way to
tell exim not to encrypt anything?

Oliver

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Oliver Kötter