its strange, some processes appear in exiwhat listing some not but alle
keep hanging.
here is a snapshot:
[0]mpemail: /etc/exim4 # ps -ef | grep exim4 | grep bd
Debian- 17209 1 0 Jan15 ? 00:00:05 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24703 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24704 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24707 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24710 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24716 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24717 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24722 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24731 17209 0 14:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24738 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24744 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24748 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24752 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24756 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24757 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24768 17209 0 14:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24776 17209 0 14:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 24792 17209 0 14:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 7817 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 7819 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 7829 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 7831 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 7832 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 7833 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
Debian- 7838 17209 0 15:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
[0]mpemail: /etc/exim4 #
and
[0]mpemail: /etc/exim4 # exiwhat
3721 delivering 1H6QeR-0000xe-7e
3722 delivering 1H6QeM-0000xj-KN
3734 delivering 1H5hfr-0008Hl-5j (queue run pid 30533)
3928 running queue: waiting for 1H52jH-0004Ug-3u (3929)
3929 delivering 1H52jH-0004Ug-3u (queue run pid 3928)
6812 running queue: waiting for 1H6oWk-0008Uo-Ng (7666)
7666 delivering 1H6oWk-0008Uo-Ng: waiting for a remote delivery
subprocess to finish
7668 delivering 1H6oWk-0008Uo-Ng to relay102.sify.net [202.144.65.102]
(xhwffdqrd@???)
7992 delivering 1H6oxC-00024g-IG: waiting for a remote delivery
subprocess to finish
7994 delivering 1H6oxC-00024g-IG to vip-smtp.esa.gmessaging.net
[194.51.201.245] (rvavrek@???, ...)
8052 tidying up after delivering 1H6oxO-00025q-5K
8060 delivering 1H6oxQ-00025y-Bv: waiting for a remote delivery
subprocess to finish
8064 delivering 1H6oxQ-00025y-Bv to aldebaran.hll.mpg.de
[134.107.107.17] (lts@???)
8066 accepting a local non-SMTP message from <> id=1H6oxT-000266-B1
12281 running queue: waiting for 1H6M4N-0000jM-Ov (15208)
15208 delivering 1H6M4N-0000jM-Ov (queue run pid 12281)
17209 daemon: -q30m, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv6 and IPv4) port
465 (IPv6 and IPv4)
24698 delivering 1H6nvQ-0006Pm-Q7
24702 delivering 1H6nvW-0006QK-PI
24703 handling incoming connection from (pesto.rzg.mpg.de) [130.183.3.37]
24710 handling incoming connection from (pesto.rzg.mpg.de) [130.183.3.37]
24722 handling incoming connection from (basilikum.rzg.mpg.de)
[130.183.3.28]
24752 handling incoming connection from (pesto.rzg.mpg.de) [130.183.3.37]
30533 running queue: waiting for 1H5hfr-0008Hl-5j (3734)
[0]mpemail: /etc/exim4 #
Thanks
Rainer Sigl
Marc Haber wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:30:05 +0100, Rainer Sigl <sigl@???>
> wrote:
>
>>it seems to me that proportional to traffic there are additional
>>processes 'exim4 -bd -q30m' are created and keep existing. At the end
>>the machine doesn't accept emails anymore.
>
>
> Try using exiwhat to find out what the processes are doing.
>
> Greetings
> Marc
>
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