On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Phil Pennock <exim-users@???>wrote:
> On 2008-09-24 at 17:13 -0400, Chris Zimmerman wrote:
> > I keep having issues with certain domains for only an hour or so at a
> time.
> > I see several messages in my panic_log that say this.
> >
> > 2008-09-21 07:21:33 1KhN0J-0005fh-1X failed to read delivery status for
> > user@??? from delivery subprocess
> > 2008-09-21 07:21:33 1KhN0J-0005fh-1X appendfile transport process
> returned
> > non-zero status 0x000e: terminated by signal 14
>
> Signal numbers are mostly OS-dependent, but 14 is fairly widespread as
> SIGALRM (Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris checked). Which OS are you running?
>
> What version of Exim are you running? Are you running something older
> than 4.33? If you are, then you have various problems which should
> encourage you to upgrade anyway (eg, security problems in bundled PCRE
> libraries).
>
> If you're running something in the 4.24 to 4.32 range, then this item
> from the ChangeLog is certainly relevant:
>
> ----------------------------8< cut here >8------------------------------
> Exim version 4.33
> -----------------
>
> 1. Change 4.24/6 introduced a bug because the SIGALRM handler was disabled
> before starting a queue runner without re-exec. This happened only when
> deliver_drop_privilege was set or when the Exim user was set to root.
> The
> effect of the bug was that timeouts during subsequent deliveries caused
> crashes instead of being properly handled. The handler is now left at
> its
> default (and expected) setting.
> ----------------------------8< cut here >8------------------------------
>
> We're now up to Exim 4.69 and I encourage you to upgrade to that.
> Generally, regressions in Exim are very rare and, being software an
> Internet-facing service, security problems do occasionally show up.
> It's a good idea to have a plan in place for how to go about qualifying
> and upgrading to the latest version when it comes out (provided that the
> major number, before the dot, is the same).
>
> -Phil
>
Currently I'm running Centos 4.x (4.5 originally), and Exim 4.69 I wish I
knew to get more information. I'm looking for any suggestions. Not sure
where to go from here.
Chris
