Here are my relative entries in exim.conf:
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 6h
timeout_frozen_after = 1w
Looking back through the logs, this error has been happening for 3
weeks, on each queue run.
Here is the result of 'mailq' (obviously bounces to spammers):
5h 1.8K 1Hjaq7-000282-0p <> *** frozen ***
jthomsonex@???
3h 3.0K 1Hjcxe-0004xQ-MZ <> *** frozen ***
fyi9ues@???
3h 3.1K 1HjdAA-0005Hf-V4 <> *** frozen ***
ulsk09harxe@???
8m 3.0K 1Hjfik-0000CS-MN <> *** frozen ***
4436stocknews@???
Here is the result of "exim -Mrm 1HiwzY-0002VD-GI"
Spool data file for 1HiwzY-0002VD-GI does not exist
Continuing, to ensure all files removed
Spool read error for 1HiwzY-0002VD-GI-H: No such file or
directory
Continuing to ensure all files removed
Message 1HiwzY-0002VD-GI has been removed or did not exist
And the entries as of 4 minutes ago in the log:
2007-05-03 11:18:45 1HjfsW-0000N4-GS == 4108047190@???
R=relay defer (-1): host lookup did not complete
2007-05-03 11:18:45 1HjfsW-0000N4-GS ** 4108047190@???:
retry timeout exceeded
2007-05-03 11:18:45 1HjfsW-0000N4-GS 4108047190@???: error
ignored
I suspect that this is a shadow message (probably not the correct term)
from when I manually flushed my exim resolve cache while troubleshooting
an unrelated issue. It started about that timeframe.
Thanks for the response. I appreciate it..
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: exim-users-bounces@??? [
mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org]
On Behalf Of Graeme Fowler
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:05 AM
To: exim-users@???
Subject: Re: [exim] FW: Mystery Message in Mystery Queue
On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 09:33 -0700, Eric Goforth wrote:
> error ignored
That in itself is enlightening: the message being referred to is dropped
at this point since it's an error message which in itself is generating
an error due to retry times being exceeded.
You may have the following option set as follows:
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 0s
(or similar); this means that bounces which themselves generate an error
will be discarded straight away.
Alternatively you have it set to a longer duration, but you're not
showing the full list of log entries for the messages.
In a clamshell, anything listed as "error ignored" has been removed from
the queue.
You probably need to work out *why* you're getting these messages on the
queue in the first place. I'd hazard a guess that they're backscatter
from an accept-and-bounce system myself, and you'd need to stop doing
that.
Graeme
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