[Linux-users] Exim Timeout.. Causing server to get way backed up!

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 8/14/07, Andrew Rosolino <andrew at shiftcode.com> wrote:
>
> Ok we have a serious problem.. there is over 9,000 messages in the mail queue
> and a lot of them are over 4 days old!! I dont understand why there is
> messages over 4days in it because we have it set up like so.
>
> delay_warning = 100d

100 days before a delay warning?  is that really what you want?

> queue_run_max = 15
> deliver_queue_load_max = 5
> auto_thaw = 1d
> ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d
> timeout_frozen_after = 3d
>
> Then we have another problem and I think this might be the issue.. we tried
> to process the 4 day ones and they almost all came back as this:
>
> Message 1IJYcA-0006Ng-Gy is not frozen
> delivering 1IJYcA-0006Ng-Gy
> Connecting to mail.x.cn [211.151.238.169]:25 ... failed: Connection timed
> out (timeout=5m)
> LOG: MAIN
>   mail.x.cn [211.151.238.169] Connection timed out
> LOG: MAIN
>   == daikai at x.cn R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed
> out

so clearly the MX for x.cn is down.

>
> So it tried to send the message for 5 minutes and then timedout and kept the
> message on the list? I am assuming it keeps trying to process these messages
> and wasteing 5 minutes on each one.. why doesnt it just delete them if they
> timeout.

because you set the delay warning to 100 days.

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