Re: Script to tell if Qpopper is running.
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
On 11/22/2013 3:54 PM, Account for Debian group mail wrote:
Hello all,
Once in a while the Qpopper on our mail server will just die. I have to
go in and issue a "/etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart" and it will be
backup and running.
Has anyone written a script that will run under a cron job that checks
to make sure that the pop3 server is running and if not will restart it?
Thanks,
Ken
The bigger question would be - why is it dying? I think I'd try to figure
that out instead.
I've been running qpopper for > 10 years, and never had it "just die". It's
been 100% solid.
Jerry
Jerry,
Trying to figure out why it dies once a year (or so) on a machine that is
processing a lot of mail is not a question of why but rather get the pop3
server back up now.
I've tried to write a little script using expect, but my programing skill,
at last are not that good anymore.
I have such scripts running for many programs on my computers that check
to make sure everything is running as it should and if there is a problem
restart that program.
So once again I ask, does anyone have such a script for their pop3 server?
Thanks,
Ken
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