Re: [exim] stuck exim processes

On 17/02/2022 06:48, Martin Waschbüsch via Exim-users wrote:
> Am 17.02.22 um 00:38 schrieb Michael Tratz via Exim-users:
>> No restarting the daemon doesn’t do anything. The only solution which works is to kill all exim processes and then restart the daemon.
>> exim will run through the queue and try again. The same messages which caused the delivery process to be stuck will again cause a stuck process. Once the retry rules have been exhausted (5 days) the message will be removed from the queue after a new restart and killing all exim processes. Otherwise those messages will just stick around. I had some which were in the queue for 20+ days until I noticed that issue.
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> FWIW, reading through the patches Jeremy thought might not yet be applied for the FreeBSD exim version we are using, I think he did not suggest that restarting would 'fix' messages already stuck.
> Rather, if the issue were related to the patches / issues he mentioned, restarting the daemon might prevent messages from getting stuck in the first place.

Precisely.

Any news on the occurrence with a periodic restart?

Commit c57309a504 might also be relevant. Has FreeBSD picked that one up?
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Cheers,
Jeremy