What causes exim to spawn so many processes? These options are set:
queue_run_max = 32
remote_max_parallel = 5
smtp_accept_max = 300
smtp_accept_max_per_host = 50
smtp_connect_backlog = 200
recipients_max = 200
recipients_max_reject = TRUE
smtp_accept_max_per_connection = 20
smtp_receive_timeout = 30s
auto_thaw = 2h
smtp_accept_reserve = 50
Running Exim 4.63. Is there an option I'm missing that can prevent this?
Some have a parent pid of 1, any idea why that happens? There is
currently a queue of 30k messages outgoing. Here are a few example
processes, exim has currently spawned 3500 processes:
mail 25689 21864 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDS-0005gF-Td
mail 25690 22178 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005kI-81
mail 25691 22451 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005jF-JC
mail 25692 22190 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005kp-9k
mail 25693 22155 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005jF-19
mail 25694 22096 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDW-0005jy-3a
mail 25695 22172 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005l1-4g
mail 25696 21860 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDS-0005dS-Rn
mail 25697 22182 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005jE-8r
mail 25698 22185 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005hf-8x
mail 25699 22139 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDW-0005jC-UC
mail 25700 22162 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005lA-5B
mail 25701 22103 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDW-0005kH-8y
mail 25702 22143 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDW-0005hm-UX
mail 25703 22124 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDW-0005jE-Nr
mail 25704 22074 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDV-0005jE-RZ
mail 25705 21995 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDU-0005eX-6s
mail 25706 22081 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDW-0005jj-1f
mail 25707 22142 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDW-0005jD-UV
mail 25708 22008 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDU-0005hc-Q7
mail 25709 22198 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005hj-9h
mail 25710 21870 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDS-0005g0-Qt
mail 25711 22403 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005hb-Kq
mail 25712 22199 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005hb-9l
mail 25713 22193 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005lA-DP
mail 25714 22009 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDT-0005hq-VH
mail 25715 22170 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPDX-0005l0-3r
mail 25716 15526 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQP97-0001e3-4N
mail 25717 22192 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-t -oem -oi -f <> -E1LQPDX-0005lA-C0
root 25718 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006GX-9n
root 25719 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006GN-9k
root 25720 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006L7-9e
root 25721 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006M8-9r
root 25722 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006LX-9o
root 25723 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006L4-9q
root 25724 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006H3-V7
root 25725 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006GP-9v
root 25726 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/exim/bin/exim
-Mc 1LQPEA-0006Gq-V1
mail 25727 16237 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00
/usr/local/exim-in/bin/exim -bd -q 10m
mail 25728 16237 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00
/usr/local/exim-in/bin/exim -bd -q 10m
If you need the full list of processes you can see it here:
http://fuse1.fusemail.net/ps.txt
How can I specify a limit on the # of processes that exim spawns?
Thanks
Pat
