Stephen Gran wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:37:04AM -0400, B. Cook said:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just wanted to know how I could check if this is working the way I
>> think it does..
>>
>> If a domain goes down, that I transport mail to, and I have 5-10 emails
>> in the queue for them. When the retry schedule comes around again to
>> send to them; What does exim do?
>>
>> Does it connect once per email in the queue? (5-10 connections) or does
>> it make one connection and then send 5-10 emails over it?
>>
>> Again I am talking about email going to a single host that I have
>> defined in my transports.
>>
>> I would prefer it do the latter, but how can I check if this is really
>> what is happening?
>
> You'll see lines like this:
> 2006-09-16 16:16:53 1GObr5-0003zg-AQ => user1@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89] QT=3m34s DT=1s
> 2006-09-16 16:16:53 1GObr5-0003zg-AQ Completed
> 2006-09-16 16:16:55 1GObr5-0003zg-46 => user2@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m36s DT=2s
> 2006-09-16 16:16:55 1GObr5-0003zg-46 Completed
> 2006-09-16 16:16:57 1GObr4-0003zg-Ro => user3@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m39s DT=2s
> 2006-09-16 16:16:57 1GObr4-0003zg-Ro Completed
> 2006-09-16 16:16:58 1GObr4-0003zg-JO => user4@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m40s DT=1s
>
> The asterisk after the IP address tells you that it is reusing a single
> connection. To force this behavior, use -qq instead of -q to start your
> queue runner processes.
>
> Take care,
*Thank you*
I have never known what the *'s where for either..
The log entries that I have are similar but slightly different:
I do have log_selector = +all so I am sure that is the difference...
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrPp-0008RO-1Y => cocciol@???
F=<Timothy.Asch@.com> P=<Timothy.Asch@.com> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp
S=4780 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:25 C="250 Ok: queued as 354EF4F2C3" QT=4m51s
DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrPc-00021q-Cg => bakatsm@???
F=<EBakatsias@.org> P=<EBakatsias@.org> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp
S=2304 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 4040D50418" QT=5m4s
DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrPM-000ORW-5U => callof@???
F=<discship@.com> P=<discship@.com> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=9509
H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 4923653A1E" QT=5m20s DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrMS-000A12-2J => kitsonj@???
F=<alerts@.com> P=<alerts@.com> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=13915
H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 53C1453BC4" QT=8m20s DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrM7-000OIu-3y => seibertk@???
F=<debra@.com> P=<debra@.com> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=16615
H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 5EC04567D9" QT=8m41s DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrJe-000Py2-KJ => amodeoj@???
F=<bounce2@.com> P=<bounce2@.com> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=30269
H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 6A56759F2E" QT=11m14s DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrIP-000Liz-8W => loguee@???
F=<SCardona@-.org> P=<SCardona@-.org> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp
S=2250 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 790A15B9A5"
QT=12m31s DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrI9-0004dh-34 => walshp@???
F=<v-ehdie_joeocaff_ebeilnm_ebeilnm_a@.messages2.com>
P=<v-ehdie_joeocaff_ebeilnm_ebeilnm_a@.messages2.com> R=manual_route
T=remote_smtp S=8016 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as
829F75B9A8" QT=12m47s DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrG1-0003WH-BM => shillit@???
F=<lrm7260@.net> P=<lrm7260@.net> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp S=4526
H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as 8C2DF5BA3A" QT=14m59s DT=0s
2006-09-25 10:31:28 1GRrE0-000MlW-Vm => falcol@???
F=<paperbacks@.com> P=<paperbacks@.com> R=manual_route T=remote_smtp
S=6489 H=1.2.3.4 [1.2.3.4]:-1* C="250 Ok: queued as A0C965BFA1" QT=17m4s
DT=0s
I am running exim from daemontools (which doesn't really matter) and I
am using the (almost default) -bdf -q15m which runs queue runners every
15min.
