[exim] Re: Unable to start Exim 4.98

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Author: Andrew C Aitchison
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To: Luca Bertoncello
CC: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Re: Unable to start Exim 4.98
On Fri, 15 Nov 2024, Luca Bertoncello via Exim-users wrote:

> I always used a start script that started these instances:
>
>     start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/exim1.pid --quiet
> --exec $DAEMON -- "-bd"
>     echo "exim runner 1"
>     start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/exim2.pid --quiet
> --exec $DAEMON -- "-q 5m"
>     echo "exim runner 2"
>     start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/exim3.pid --quiet
> --exec $DAEMON -- "-qff 1h"


> Am 15.11.2024 um 15:34 schrieb Jeremy Harris via Exim-users:
>> On 15/11/2024 14:09, Luca Bertoncello via Exim-users wrote:
>>> What am I doing wrong this time?
>>
>> Misreading the documentation?
>>
>> The time value needs to be part of the -q option.


No space between -qff and the time interval.
eg -q5m and -qff1h

>> Also, there is little point in having your receiving daemon
>> separate from your main queue-runner daemon.


> Sorry, I really don't understand what you mean...
> Could you please explain, maybe with a little example?


What is wrong with just
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON -- "-bd" "-q5m"
?
The exim daemon is designed to accept deliveries and do queue runs;
there is normally no need for these to be eparate processes.

*If* you really need a separate queue runner for frozen messages
give that one a separate pid-file, but the other one can just use the
default.

Messages are only frozen if they fail *and* the failure cannot be
reported back to the sender. If there are frozen messages, you should
probably investigate them.

-- 
Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
                    andrew@???


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