[exim] waiting for a remote delivery subprocess to finish

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Author: Dimitrios Koutsos
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] waiting for a remote delivery subprocess to finish
Hi,
I get repeated failures for a domain. Tried to produce some debug info.
In the exim-process.info I get entries like that:
2005-11-09 12:04:48 14334 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF: waiting for a
remote delivery subprocess to finish
2005-11-09 12:04:48 14304 running queue: waiting for 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF
(14334)
2005-11-09 12:04:48 14336 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF to spam.crysp.co.za
[196.14.176.5] (udoralingo@???)
2005-11-09 12:08:00 14334 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF: waiting for a
remote delivery subprocess to finish
2005-11-09 12:08:00 14336 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF to spam.crysp.co.za
[196.14.176.5] (udoralingo@???)
2005-11-09 12:08:00 14304 running queue: waiting for 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF
(14334)
2005-11-09 12:09:03 14334 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF: waiting for a
remote delivery subprocess to finish
2005-11-09 12:09:03 14304 running queue: waiting for 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF
(14334)
2005-11-09 12:09:03 14336 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF to spam.crysp.co.za
[196.14.176.5] (udoralingo@???)
2005-11-09 12:11:47 14334 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF: waiting for a
remote delivery subprocess to finish
2005-11-09 12:11:47 14304 running queue: waiting for 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF
(14334)
2005-11-09 12:11:47 14336 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF to spam.crysp.co.za
[196.14.176.5] (udoralingo@???)
2005-11-09 12:17:38 18596 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF to spam.crysp.co.za
[196.14.176.5] (udoralingo@???)
2005-11-09 12:17:38 18594 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF: waiting for a
remote delivery subprocess to finish
2005-11-09 12:17:38 18592 running queue: waiting for 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF
(18594)
2005-11-09 12:31:58 18596 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF to spam.crysp.co.za
[196.14.176.4] (udoralingo@???)
2005-11-09 12:31:58 18594 delivering 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF: waiting for a
remote delivery subprocess to finish
2005-11-09 12:31:58 18592 running queue: waiting for 1EZnVZ-00031U-QF
(18594)


and when I force the delivery of the messages I get this debug info:
spam.crysp.co.za [196.14.176.5] status = usable
196.14.176.5 in serialize_hosts? no (option unset)
delivering 1EZnlN-0006q2-KT to spam.crysp.co.za [196.14.176.5]
(mmostert@???)
set_process_info: 22488 delivering 1EZnlN-0006q2-KT to spam.crysp.co.za
[196.14.176.5] (mmostert@???)
Connecting to spam.crysp.co.za [196.14.176.5]:25 ... connected
waiting for data on socket
read response data: size=97
SMTP<< 220 mailspool02.crysp.co.za ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.1/8.13.3; Wed, 9
Nov 2005 14:35:01 +0200 (SAST)
196.14.176.5 in hosts_avoid_esmtp? no (option unset)
SMTP>> EHLO sun1.cup.cam.ac.uk

waiting for data on socket
read response data: size=181
  SMTP<< 250-mailspool02.crysp.co.za Hello sun1.cup.cam.ac.uk 
[131.111.148.1], pleased to meet you
         250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
         250-PIPELINING
         250-8BITMIME
         250-SIZE
         250-DELIVERBY
         250 HELP
196.14.176.5 in hosts_require_tls? no (option unset)
using PIPELINING
196.14.176.5 in hosts_require_auth? no (option unset)

SMTP>> MAIL FROM:<arichards@???> SIZE=11511
SMTP>> RCPT TO:<mmostert@???>
SMTP>> DATA

waiting for data on socket
read response data: size=148
SMTP<< 250 2.1.0 <arichards@???>... Sender ok
SMTP<< 250 2.1.5 <mmostert@???>... Recipient ok
SMTP<< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
SMTP>> writing message and terminating "."

writing data block fd=9 size=8189 timeout=300
writing data block fd=9 size=2302 timeout=300
waiting for data on socket
selecting on subprocess pipes
selecting on subprocess pipes
selecting on subprocess pipes
selecting on subprocess pipes


any ideas?
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Dimitri Koutsos
UNIX Systems Administrator
Cambridge University Press
01223 32 5666
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