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Subject:    RE: [exim] Spool file is locked?
From:       "Houle, Michael" <Michael.Houle () atcoitek ! com>
Date:       2005-01-28 19:29:51
Message-ID: A28A519A6A08AD4A9553A9DB5265FD3E0238ABA0 () is030 ! atco ! com
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> 
> I frequently (a few times a day) see the following message in 
> my mainlog 
> (with different message ID's, of course):
> 
> 2005-01-18 18:40:17 1Cr2xF-00045e-2C Spool file is locked (another 
> process is handling this message)
> 
> What does this mean?  Is it a normal occurance when a 
> queue-run tries to 
> deliver a message while it is being accepted over SMTP?  Or 
> is it a sign 
> of some kind of error in my configuration?
> 
> Thanks,
> - Marc

As I understand it, this can happen when more than one queue-runner 
processes are fighting over a message. Or if a manual attempt to deliver
a queued message interferes with a queue runner. 

In our environment it happens a fair bit as we run a queue runner every
5m and sometimes we have a few messages in the queue. 

These errors are benign and can be ignored IMO. 

HTH. 

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