On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> >>>> 2006-04-04 09:13:48 1FQfhL-00035E-Ay Failed to get write lock for
> >>>> /var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile: timed out
> >>>> 2006-04-04 09:14:48 1FQfhL-00035E-Ay Failed to get write lock for
> >>>> /var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile: timed out
>
> >>> which suggests two tries for the same message, one minute apart. How
> >>> often was the OP starting queue runners?
>
> >> <the usual -q30m>
>
> > Hmm. So why are there those two messages, I wonder?
>
> Perhaps this is related to mailscanner?
Ah! I don't know much about mailscanner. Am I right in thinking it looks
at Exim's spool files itself? If so, then indeed it may have something
to do with this.
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Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service
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