Re: [exim] Failed to get write lock for/var/spool/exim4/db/r…

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Author: Matthew Byng-Maddick
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New-Topics: Re: [exim] Bug#360696: Failed to get write lock for/var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile:timed out
Subject: Re: [exim] Failed to get write lock for/var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile: timed out
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 09:39:15AM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> 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.


Yes, it does.

Which is why it needs to know (and care) about the spool file format. It
ends up moving the queue files from one directory to another, and prodding
exim to deliver from the second (using -Mc).

Cheers

MBM

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