Re: Frozen Messages (Exim)
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 02:38:34AM +0000, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> I installed Exim on a spare server of ours (Debian/Sparc) to act as a
> secondary MX for all of the domains we host. It worked like a charm from
> the moment I installed it with one small problem.
>
> There are getting to be a lot of messages in the queue that shouldn't be
> there. There are messages in the queue that are 45 days old. I haven't
> changed the default configuration which is supposed to fail messages after
> 4 days from what I understand:
>
> * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
>
> The messages (when running mailq) are all labelled as "frozen". What does
> this mean and why aren't the messages simply failing with a bounce as most
> would and should?
Frozen messages are just that. Frozen. They will never be queued for
delivery. I see these mostly when there is no valid return address
for them. Like such, on this system here at home.
39d 2.1K 12Mc06-0006sT-00 <> *** frozen ***
ptc@mauimail.com
Using eximon, unfreeze it, and try to force delivery. You'll see
the message why it was frozen.
Tim
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