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List:       exim-users
Subject:    [EXIM] duplicates and the logs that show them...
From:       "Alan B. Clegg" <abc () cyclue ! bsdi ! com>
Date:       1998-03-31 5:58:47
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Ok, here goes nothing...

I recentaly began running mailinglists.org with exim instead of sendmail.

mailinglists.org is a virtual domain that rides on firehouse.net.  Today, I 
moved a bunch of machines around, and in so-doing, had the power off of the 
main machine for a while.

When I restarted the machine, it started duplicating a bunch of mail.  Here 
are the relavent headers:

--SNIP--
Received: from hidden.firehouse.net (station1.firehouse.net) [10.0.0.1]
	by cyclue.bsdi.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #1)
	id 0yJntF-0000p9-00; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:22:53 -0500
Received: from majordom by station1.firehouse.net with local (Exim 1.82 #3)
	id 0yJn4G-000067-00; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 17:30:12 -0500
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Received: from services.bsdi.com [205.230.225.19]
	by station1.firehouse.net with esmtp (Exim 1.82 #3)
	id 0yJkK9-0002a6-00; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:34:26 -0500
--SNIP--
Received: from hidden.firehouse.net (station1.firehouse.net) [10.0.0.1]
	by cyclue.bsdi.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #1)
	id 0yJoh7-0000yg-00; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:14:25 -0500
Received: from majordom by station1.firehouse.net with local (Exim 1.82 #3)
	id 0yJogl-0001Fg-00; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:14:04 -0500
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Received: from services.bsdi.com [205.230.225.19]
	by station1.firehouse.net with esmtp (Exim 1.82 #3)
	id 0yJkK9-0002a6-00; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:34:26 -0500
--SNIP--

Note that the only difference is the next-to final delivery queue-id (and time 
stamp) [highlighted above].

In the log for 0yJkK9-0002a6 I find this:

1998-03-30 14:34:26 0yJkK9-0002a6-00 <= owner-bsdi-users@mailinglists.org 
H=services.bsdi.com [205.230.225.19] P=esmtp S=2030 
id=199803301934.LAA01745@mtbaker.tfm.com
1998-03-30 14:35:28 0yJkK9-0002a6-00 Spool file is locked
1998-03-30 17:33:54 0yJkK9-0002a6-00 Spool file is locked
1998-03-30 19:23:30 0yJkK9-0002a6-00 Spool file is locked
1998-03-30 20:30:57 0yJkK9-0002a6-00 Spool file is locked
1998-03-30 21:15:10 0yJkK9-0002a6-00 => |/home/www/majordom/wrapper resend -l 
bsdi-users -h mailinglists.org bsdi-users-nospam@mailinglists.org 
<bsdi-users@mailinglists.org> D=majordomo T=address_pipe
1998-03-30 21:15:10 0yJkK9-0002a6-00 Completed

It would seem that EVERY TIME a "Spool file is locked" was generated, it had 
fired off another copy to the mailing list.... this is (obviously?) not good.

When I look for the queue-id of the final delivery (in this case 0yJogl-0001Fg 
and 0yJn4G-000067), they show the delivery to each recipient on the list, with 
that queue-id having been generated about 3 minutes before the "Spool file is 
locked" message.

This behavior occured on multiple lists, and is driving my customers (the few 
I have) crazy.  This never happened when running sendmail... I love exim to 
death as far as speed goes, but the dupes have GOT to go...

Any ideas?

-abc
-- 
Alan Clegg                                     <http://www.mailinglists.org>
abc@MailingLists.org                           Mailing Lists -- On the Cheap





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