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Author: Oliver Kötter
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
Marc Sherman wrote:
> Here you're definitely obfuscating.


OK, sorry, I really should have read your netiquette... so here is is once again, I obfuscated the
LHS of the mail addresses (xxx), I guess that's ok because I and my brother do not want to get
spammed ;-) (it's my brothers mail address I cannot send mails to)

www:~# exiwhat | grep 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw
16805 running queue: waiting for 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw (16965)
16965 delivering 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw: waiting for a remote delivery subprocess to finish
17379 delivering 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw to wilsky.de [82.96.75.212] (xxx@???)

www:~# exigrep 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw /var/log/exim4/mainlog*

2005-09-28 18:07:28 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw <= xxx@??? H=dsl-084-060-040-005.arcor-ip.net
([192.168.1.75]) [84.60.40.5] P=esmtpa A=cram_md5_server:xxx S=609 id=433ABFB8.5020503@???
2005-09-28 18:34:57 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 18:34:57 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 19:04:57 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 19:34:57 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 19:55:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 20:00:12 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 20:26:00 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 20:55:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 21:25:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 21:55:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 22:25:59 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-28 23:09:29 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
... continues this way...
when the log wraps from mainlog.1 to mainlog there is this line:
+++ 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw not completed +++
the it continues:
2005-09-30 02:25:51 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-30 02:55:50 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-30 03:25:51 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-30 03:55:50 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-30 04:25:51 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-30 04:55:51 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-30 05:25:50 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
2005-09-30 05:55:50 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)
and so on...

www:~# mailq
40h   609 1EKeSt-0001ZE-Sw <xxx@???>
          xxx@???


www:~# hostname
www.koetter.cc

www:~# exim4 -bt -d xxx@???
Exim version 4.50 uid=0 gid=0 pid=24161 D=fbb95cfd
Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (December 3, 2003)
Support for: iconv() IPv6 PAM Perl GnuTLS Content_Scanning Old_Demime
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dnsdb dsearch ldap ldapdn ldapm
mysql nis nis0 passwd pgsql
Authenticators: cram_md5 cyrus_sasl plaintext spa
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral iplookup manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore/mbx autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
changed uid/gid: forcing real = effective
uid=0 gid=0 pid=24161
auxiliary group list: <none>
configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
log selectors = 00000ffc 00020800
trusted user
admin user
user name "root" extracted from gecos field "root"
originator: uid=0 gid=0 login=root name=root
sender address = root@???
Address testing: uid=0 gid=102 euid=0 egid=102
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Testing xxx@???
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Considering xxx@???
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

routing xxx@???
--------> hubbed_hosts router <--------
local_part=xxx domain=wilsky.de
checking domains
expansion of "${if exists{/etc/exim4/hubbed_hosts}{partial-lsearch;/etc/exim4/hubbed_hosts}fail}"
forced failure: assume not in this list
hubbed_hosts router skipped: domains mismatch
--------> dnslookup_relay_to_domains router <--------
local_part=xxx domain=wilsky.de
checking domains
wilsky.de in "@:localhost:koetter.cc"? no (end of list)
wilsky.de in ""? no (end of list)
wilsky.de in "! +local_domains : +relay_to_domains"? no (end of list)
dnslookup_relay_to_domains router skipped: domains mismatch
--------> dnslookup router <--------
local_part=xxx domain=wilsky.de
checking domains
cached no match for +local_domains
cached lookup data = NULL
wilsky.de in "! +local_domains"? yes (end of list)
R: dnslookup for xxx@???
calling dnslookup router
dnslookup router called for xxx@???
domain = wilsky.de
DNS lookup of wilsky.de (MX) succeeded
82.96.75.212 in "0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8 : 192.168.0.0/16 :172.16.0.0/12 : 10.0.0.0/8 :
169.254.0.0/16"? no (end of list)
fully qualified name = wilsky.de
host_find_bydns yield = HOST_FOUND (2); returned hosts:
wilsky.de 82.96.75.212 MX=10
set transport remote_smtp
queued for remote_smtp transport: local_part = xxx
domain = wilsky.de
errors_to=NULL
domain_data=NULL localpart_data=NULL
routed by dnslookup router
envelope to: xxx@???
transport: remote_smtp
host wilsky.de [82.96.75.212] MX=10
xxx@???
router = dnslookup, transport = remote_smtp
host wilsky.de [82.96.75.212] MX=10
search_tidyup called
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Exim pid=24161 terminating with rc=0 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

www:~#


Any other info that could be of any use?

Sorry again for my fault.

Oliver

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Oliver Kötter
oliver@???