From: Barry Finkel (b19141@ACHILLES.CTD.ANL.GOV)
Date: Thu May 08 2003 - 09:51:15 EDT
>For the last few days, my /var/spool/mqueue has been filling up with
>undelivered mail. When I do a mailq -v, there are no warning messages.
> Yet, the mail sits there. This problem appears to be size related.
>At first I thought I had a majordomo problem because messages to lists
>are predominant, but messages to lists with only a few subscribers zip
>right through. I then tried sending attachments. Messages with small
>ones zip right through. Large ones sit in the mqueue. Any light anyone
>could shed on this would be greatly appreciated.
When you issue the "mqueue" command, what error messages appear with
the mail that is queued? What messages appear in /var/log/syslog
when sendmail attempts to deliver the mail? In the /var/spool/mqueue
directory the qf files have an error line similar to this one from
a piece of mail queued on one of my sendmail systems:
MDeferred: Connection refused by relay.mx.skynet.be.
and that same error message appears in the output of "mailq":
HAB15580 2786 Thu May 8 07:00 owner-argonne-today
(Deferred: Connection refused by relay.mx.skynet.be.)
claudia.goddio@skynet.be
Sometimes the error message in "mailq" is truncated, so you have to look
in the qf file to see the full error message.
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