"and flushing rest of queue"

[Gibby111]

does anyone know what this means? I am trying to run a huge queue with sendmail -q -v and it gets through about 1000 meaages and quits with: "Skipping /var/spool/mqueue/i2NIbfHI004544 (sequence 731 of 10303) and flushing rest of queue".

It doesn't seem to be the same message each time.

thanks.

 

[Rhinokiller]

How often is your queue runner set to run ?

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Gibby111]

I have it set to run once an hour in cron, but it doesn't seem to be doing it, or at least doesn't seem to finish. that's why I tried the -v option and sure enough it cuts out well before its done.

 

[Rhinokiller]

Looks like you are sending a lot of mail for just one queue. Have u tried setting up multiple queues ?
I did a set up like this a while ago for an ISP.
What I did was created multiple queues in the file system (on seperate physical disks)
/mailq/q.1
/mailq/q.2
/mailq/q.3
What this did was increase the IOP capacity by a factor of three. Then you need to add the following to your sendmail.mc
define(`QUEUE_DIR',`/mailq/q.*')
Run the sendmail.mc through the m4 preprocessor
m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
Now restart sendmail.
It worked for them

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Gibby111]

thanks for the tip, however, I am still having trouble clearing out the 3 queues I created. My server is set to try to deliver for 4 days. I have over 5 days worth in my queue. new mail seems to be coming and going within each queue, but I'm not convinced the queue runner is ever going through each one. I've done sendmail -q, but I don't know if thatruns each queue sequentially or 3 seperate runners. This has concerned me enough that I've rebuilt one of my servers from scratch and still have the trouble.

thanks again for any help!

 

[Rhinokiller]

I hate to point out the obvious but is your DNS set up properly ???

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Gibby111]

I think so...another server we have seems fine with the same dns servers...with only one queue. it's a beefier machine, but I don't think processing is the issue because sar shows about 90% idle.

 

[Rhinokiller]

can you post /var/log/maillog & /var/log/messages entries when you run sendmail -q

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Rhinokiller]

Can you run top from a command line and post that too ??


Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Gibby111]

here are a few lines of maillog after doing sendmail -q.
I've replaced my domain with mydomain, my internal server with myInternalServer, and my external server (which is the one in question) with my server. there is nothing in messages that coresponds to this time period, so I ommited it. top (ironically ) is at the bottom!

Apr 5 15:14:12 myserver sendmail[9266]: i35JEBnJ009266: to=limail@myDomain.com, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=37432, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <200404051914.i35JEBnJ009266@myserver.myDomain.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:12 myserver sendmail[9328]: i35JB0nh008833: to=<dcatino@cotl.com>, delay=00:00:05, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30669, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:12 myserver sendmail[9328]: i35JB0nh008833: i35JECnJ009328: DSN: User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:13 myserver sendmail[8704]: i35J9VnU008704: from=<pussycat@ekchelente.com>, size=3211, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<111101c41b41$56122f16$2331abfb@ekchelente.com>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=b71111.upc-b.chello.nl [212.83.71.111]
Apr 5 15:14:13 myserver sendmail[9330]: i35J9VnU008704: to=<stschumprer@cotl.com>, delay=00:00:14, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30695, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:13 myserver sendmail[9330]: i35J9VnU008704: i35JEDnJ009330: DSN: User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:13 myserver sendmail[9321]: i35JECnJ009321: to=limail@myDomain.com, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, pri=48899, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <200404051914.i35JECnJ009321@myserver.myDomain.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:13 myserver sendmail[9328]: i35JECnJ009328: to=<induce@sun-downer.com>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, pri=34168, relay=mail4.surgeweb.com. [216.65.3.237], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: 420 Try later, already 601/600 users connected sorry, setting G_SMTP_MAX
Apr 5 15:14:15 myserver sendmail[9330]: i35JEDnJ009330: to=<pussycat@ekchelente.com>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=34235, relay=mail4.surgeweb.com. [216.65.3.237], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:15 myserver sendmail[9330]: i35JEDnJ009330: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:15 myserver sendmail[9330]: i35JEDnJ009330: i35JEDnK009330: return to sender: hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:15 myserver sendmail[9017]: i35JBunK009017: lost input channel from c-24-19-206-105.client.comcast.net [24.19.206.105] to MTA after mail
Apr 5 15:14:15 myserver sendmail[9017]: i35JBunK009017: from=<colt@chooseanother.com>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=c-24-19-206-105.client.comcast.net [24.19.206.105]
Apr 5 15:14:15 myserver sendmail[9330]: i35JEDnK009330: to=limail@myDomain.com, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=35259, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <200404051914.i35JEDnK009330@myserver.myDomain.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:17 myserver sendmail[1515]: i35C7NG7010610: to=<johnathon.hendersonia@shuttle.de>, delay=07:06:48, xdelay=00:01:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=570407, relay=mailgw1.shuttle.de. [194.95.249.235], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mailgw1.shuttle.de.
Apr 5 15:14:17 myserver sendmail[1515]: i35FscG1027346: to=<adv@carefulchristianconsumer.com>, delay=03:19:39, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=390407, relay=mail.carefulchristianconsumer.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.carefulchristianconsumer.com.
Apr 5 15:14:17 myserver sendmail[1515]: i35ArlC9005710: to=<fdr4mtrq@beatthebushforadate.com>, delay=08:20:30, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=390407, relay=beatthebushforadate.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by beatthebushforadate.com.
Apr 5 15:14:17 myserver sendmail[1515]: i35FGtG1024432: to=<d.burkettos@aristotle.algonet.se>, delay=03:57:22, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=390407, relay=aristotle.algonet.se., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with aristotle.algonet.se.
Apr 5 15:14:18 myserver sendmail[8823]: i35JAwnf008823: from=<suburbia@drinkduffbeer.com>, size=3154, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<100001c41b41$7b9d5093$672d546e@drinkduffbeer.com>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[218.37.11.64]
Apr 5 15:14:18 myserver sendmail[9333]: i35JAwnf008823: to=<icandoit@myDomain.com>, delay=00:00:05, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30693, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <100001c41b41$7b9d5093$672d546e@drinkduffbeer.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:18 myserver sendmail[1515]: i35BQEC9007908: to=<rosalind.clarkey@drinkypoo.co.uk>, delay=07:48:04, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, pri=390407, relay=mail4.surgeweb.com. [216.65.3.237], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: 420 Try later, already 601/600 users connected sorry, setting G_SMTP_MAX
Apr 5 15:14:19 myserver sendmail[9331]: i35JEHnJ009331: from=<iqpl41lqvcd@azteca.net>, size=4785, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<jvlndvq8gz4-gcs-qot1iqpl41lqvcd@azteca.net>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=cs78167168.pp.htv.fi [62.78.167.168]
Apr 5 15:14:19 myserver sendmail[9336]: i35JEHnJ009331: to=<jfallat@myDomain.com>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30506, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <jvlndvq8gz4-gcs-qot1iqpl41lqvcd@azteca.net> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:20 myserver sendmail[29894]: i35FlEG1026745: to=<bbarkerqc@gjr.paknet.com.pk>, delay=03:27:06, xdelay=00:01:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=480402, relay=gjr.paknet.com.pk. [203.135.15.194], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with gjr.paknet.com.pk.
Apr 5 15:14:20 myserver sendmail[29894]: i35CmXG5013155: to=<ztv190@theentirepackage.com>, delay=06:25:46, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=570402, relay=theentirepackage.com. [61.186.254.82], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by theentirepackage.com.
Apr 5 15:14:21 myserver sendmail[1515]: i35C2wCP010222: to=<9738@2486.thehappierstmailer.com>, delay=07:11:19, xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=esmtp, pri=390407, relay=2486.thehappierstmailer.com. [69.6.57.4], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by 2486.thehappierstmailer.com.
Apr 5 15:14:22 myserver sendmail[9334]: i35JEJnJ009334: from=<lila.rowlandpl@openface.ca>, size=746, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<57ff01c41b41$5e73adc7$7915c944@2692a41>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=e99045.upc-e.chello.nl [213.93.99.45]
Apr 5 15:14:22 myserver sendmail[1515]: i35CGDG1011191: to=<adv@carefulchristianconsumer.com>, delay=06:58:09, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=570407, relay=mail.carefulchristianconsumer.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.carefulchristianconsumer.com.
Apr 5 15:14:22 myserver sendmail[9343]: i35JEJnJ009334: to=<sstubbert@cotl.com>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30470, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:22 myserver sendmail[9343]: i35JEJnJ009334: i35JEMnJ009343: DSN: User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:22 myserver sendmail[9341]: i35JEMnJ009341: from=<>, size=4862, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<1fw4cHQ1B00003817@myInternalServer.myDomain.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com [10.86.6.12]
Apr 5 15:14:23 myserver sendmail[9346]: i35JENnJ009346: from=<ehelms@myDomain.com>, size=55319, class=0, nrcpts=5, msgid=<D9BC6EFC838F3948918E39FB7580D8683FE88E@myInternalServer.myDomain.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com [10.86.6.12]
Apr 5 15:14:24 myserver sendmail[9180]: i35JDFnL009176: to=<dszovasix@financier.com>, delay=00:01:08, xdelay=00:01:08, mailer=esmtp, pri=30398, relay=ob-mail-com.mr.outblaze.com. [205.158.62.26], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:24 myserver sendmail[9346]: i35JENnL009346: from=<>, size=4936, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<03pqF9kvg00003818@myInternalServer.myDomain.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com [10.86.6.12]
Apr 5 15:14:25 myserver sendmail[9345]: i35JEMnJ009341: to=<diverging@annuver.com>, delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=30396, relay=mail4.surgeweb.com. [216.65.3.237], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:25 myserver sendmail[9345]: i35JEMnJ009341: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:25 myserver sendmail[9345]: i35JEMnJ009341: i35JEPnJ009345: postmaster notify: hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:25 myserver sendmail[9180]: i35JDFnL009176: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:25 myserver sendmail[9180]: i35JDFnL009176: i35JEPnJ009180: postmaster notify: hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:26 myserver sendmail[9350]: i35JENnL009346: to=<thebes@postaldigital.com>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=30399, relay=postaldigital-com.mr.outblaze.com. [205.158.62.181], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:26 myserver sendmail[9180]: i35JEPnJ009180: to=limail@myDomain.com, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=37583, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <200404051914.i35JEPnJ009180@myserver.myDomain.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:26 myserver sendmail[9345]: i35JEPnJ009345: to=limail@myDomain.com, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, pri=35886, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <200404051914.i35JEPnJ009345@myserver.myDomain.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:26 myserver sendmail[9348]: i35JENnJ009346: to=<RachelFairhurst@handleman.co.uk>,<paulcarr@handleman.co.uk>,<lucybarclay@handleman.co.uk>,<districtmanagers@handleman.co.uk>,<regionalmanagersdl@handleman.co.uk>, delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=150838, relay=relay.star.co.uk. [62.231.131.211], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (ok 1081192466 qp 1200)
Apr 5 15:14:27 myserver sendmail[9343]: i35JEMnJ009343: to=<lila.rowlandpl@openface.ca>, delay=00:00:05, xdelay=00:00:04, mailer=esmtp, pri=31770, relay=mailbox.openface.ca. [216.46.1.7], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:27 myserver sendmail[9343]: i35JEMnJ009343: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:27 myserver sendmail[9343]: i35JEMnJ009343: i35JEMnK009343: return to sender: hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:27 myserver sendmail[8823]: i35JAwng008823: from=<implausible@dilemna.com>, size=2960, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<011101c41b41$fd991af1$fdee29c0@dilemna.com>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[218.37.11.64]
Apr 5 15:14:27 myserver sendmail[9350]: i35JENnL009346: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:27 myserver sendmail[9350]: i35JENnL009346: i35JERnJ009350: postmaster notify: hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:28 myserver sendmail[9206]: i35JDRnJ009206: to=<stephan_n_wongok@ccsg.tau.ac.il>, delay=00:01:01, xdelay=00:01:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=31989, relay=mxccsg.tau.ac.il. [132.66.17.198], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mxccsg.tau.ac.il.
Apr 5 15:14:28 myserver sendmail[9352]: i35JAwng008823: to=<howlin@myDomain.com>, delay=00:00:07, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30684, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <011101c41b41$fd991af1$fdee29c0@dilemna.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:28 myserver sendmail[9045]: i35JCFnL009045: from=<behaving@freebaser.com>, size=3098, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<110101c41b41$34eba658$95b5e792@freebaser.com>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[219.94.58.72]
Apr 5 15:14:28 myserver sendmail[9343]: i35JEMnK009343: to=limail@myDomain.com, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=32794, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <200404051914.i35JEMnK009343@myserver.myDomain.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:28 myserver sendmail[9350]: i35JERnJ009350: to=limail@myDomain.com, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=35960, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <200404051914.i35JERnJ009350@myserver.myDomain.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:28 myserver sendmail[9354]: i35JCFnL009045: to=<rick@myDomain.com>, delay=00:00:42, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30665, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <110101c41b41$34eba658$95b5e792@freebaser.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:30 myserver sendmail[8844]: i35JB3nR008844: from=<bib@newcastle-fanatic.com>, size=3123, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<001101c41b41$b5fd30ab$c15805b2@newcastle-fanatic.com>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=b71111.upc-b.chello.nl [212.83.71.111]
Apr 5 15:14:31 myserver sendmail[9356]: i35JB3nR008844: to=<msitarz@cotl.com>, delay=00:00:13, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30710, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:31 myserver sendmail[9356]: i35JB3nR008844: i35JEVnJ009356: DSN: User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:31 myserver sendmail[9357]: i35JEVnJ009357: from=<>, size=15038, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<VyXx0udDL0000381f@myInternalServer.myDomain.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com [10.86.6.12]
Apr 5 15:14:33 myserver sendmail[9356]: i35JEVnJ009356: to=<bib@newcastle-fanatic.com>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=34147, relay=mail4.surgeweb.com. [216.65.3.237], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: 420 Try later, already 648/600 users connected sorry, setting G_SMTP_MAX
Apr 5 15:14:33 myserver sendmail[8704]: i35J9VnV008704: from=<rival@doobie-lover.com>, size=3224, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<001001c41b41$0ea99ce3$9b623b9c@doobie-lover.com>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=b71111.upc-b.chello.nl [212.83.71.111]
Apr 5 15:14:34 myserver sendmail[9361]: i35J9VnV008704: to=<stschumper@cotl.com>, delay=00:00:14, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30689, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:34 myserver sendmail[9361]: i35J9VnV008704: i35JEYnJ009361: DSN: User unknown
Apr 5 15:14:34 myserver sendmail[8823]: i35JAwnh008823: from=<surveys@herewegoherewegoherewego.com>, size=3219, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<011101c41b41$5745a78f$7c4e9472@herewegoherewegoherewego.com>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[218.37.11.64]
Apr 5 15:14:35 myserver sendmail[9363]: i35JAwnh008823: to=<honeybee@myDomain.com>, delay=00:00:05, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, pri=30723, relay=myInternalServer.myDomain.com. [10.86.6.12], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.6.0 <011101c41b41$5745a78f$7c4e9472@herewegoherewegoherewego.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 5 15:14:35 myserver sendmail[9359]: i35JEVnJ009357: to=<rachna@asanet.com>, delay=00:00:04, xdelay=00:00:04, mailer=esmtp, pri=30392, relay=mail.asanet.com. [206.20.14.10], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Message received: 20040405191338288.AAA2096@myserver.myDomain.com)
Apr 5 15:14:36 myserver sendmail[9361]: i35JEYnJ009361: to=<rival@doobie-lover.com>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=34248, relay=mail3.surgeweb.com. [216.65.64.234], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: 420 Try later, already 31/30 users connected sorry, setting G_SMTP_MAX
[root@myserver spool]#


10636 root 20 0 2808 2672 1760 S 1.5 2.1 0:00 0 sendmail
1633 root 16 0 760 524 520 S 0.5 0.4 0:03 0 sshd
9340 root 15 0 1656 1348 324 R 0.5 1.0 0:03 0 sendmail
10548 root 15 0 1256 1256 868 R 0.5 0.9 0:00 0 top
15 root 15 0 0 0 0 DW 0.3 0.0 15:11 0 kjournald
1620 named 23 0 20176 18M 1200 S 0.3 15.2 66:15 0 named
10438 root 15 0 2416 2256 1520 S 0.3 1.7 0:00 0 sendmail
1 root 15 0 480 448 424 S 0.1 0.3 0:54 0 init
8844 root 15 0 1772 1452 868 S 0.1 1.1 0:01 0 sendmail
2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 keventd
3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kapmd
4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 ksoftirqd_CPU
9 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 bdflush
5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:06 0 kswapd
6 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kscand/DMA
7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:10 0 kscand/Normal

 

[Rhinokiller]

At a quick glance you have a problem with your aliases database. How are you creating the aliases.db file?
(use newaliases or sendmail -bi to do this)
Check the permissions on the aliases.db file too. CD to where the aliases & aliases.db files are (probably /etc/mail) and type chmod 640 aliases.db Now run sendmail -bi to recreate the new aliases.bd file. Who is the owner of this file after you create it ?
###Apr 5 15:14:27 myserver sendmail[9343]: i35JEMnJ009343: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied
Apr 5 15:14:27 myserver sendmail[9343]: i35JEMnJ009343: i35JEMnK009343: return to sender: hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied ###

The next thing I noticed is:
###stat=Sent (2.6.0 <011101c41b41$5745a78f$7c4e9472@herewegoherewegoherewego.com> Queued mail for delivery###
You mail server sent the message because of the stat=sent in the log file but the REMOTE HOST QUEUED the mail. It looks like the remote host may be listed by an RBL somewhere, maybe not but worth checking anyway.
Connection refused by theentirepackage.com
Connection refused by 2486.thehappierstmailer.com
And you may also have some network issues
Connection timed out with mailgw1.shuttle.de.
Connection timed out with mail.carefulchristianconsumer.com.
Connection timed out with gjr.paknet.com.pk
Connection timed out with mxccsg.tau.ac.il
If these are valid domains you shouldn't see these many timeouts as you are getting. That's why I asked if DNS is working ok.
If I were you I'd fix the aliases problem first, then double check my DNS (run dig mail.hotmail.com) and check against these results (query from my server returned below)
; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> mail.hotmail.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27046
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mail.hotmail.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mail.hotmail.com. 2339 IN A 65.54.166.99
mail.hotmail.com. 2339 IN A 65.54.254.129

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
hotmail.com. 163140 IN NS ns1.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 163140 IN NS ns2.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 163140 IN NS ns3.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 163140 IN NS ns4.hotmail.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.hotmail.com. 138997 IN A 216.200.206.140
ns2.hotmail.com. 100723 IN A 216.200.206.139
ns3.hotmail.com. 95163 IN A 209.185.130.68
ns4.hotmail.com. 118105 IN A 64.4.29.24

;; Query time: 427 msec
;; SERVER: 204.117.214.10#53(204.117.214.10)
;; WHEN: Mon Apr 5 18:10:23 2004
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 202

Then check your firewall and make sure that traffic from the DMZ in/out is not being filtered or "shaped".

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Gibby111]

I got the same thing you did for hotmail and I get responses for the others too, so I think DNS is ok. unless I'm missing something...
I see what you meant about aliases, but I am not really using that. this is just a mail gateway that passes everything off to an Exchange environment. the owner and group were smmsp. I changed the permissions of aliases.db to 666, ran the sendmail -bi, which seemed ok, and changed the permissions back to 640. I restarted sendmail...we'll see how that goes.
I shouldn't need to manually schedule sendmail -q for each seperate queue, should I?

thanks for all your help.

 

[Gibby111]

another wierd thing that I think is related: I tried to sendmail -q each of the queues manually and they go away after a few minutes. here is my output after a few moments. it still has q1 running:
ps -efww |grep run
root 1647 1 0 Mar26 ? 00:00:00 xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
smmsp 17329 1 0 16:51 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
root 21220 17320 0 17:51 ? 00:00:02 sendmail: running queue: /var/spool/mqueue/q1

but I run them manually and I get a bunch of them:
ps -efww |grep run
root 1647 1 0 Mar26 ? 00:00:00 xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
smmsp 17329 1 0 16:51 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
root 21842 1 0 18:01 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: running queue: /var/spool/mqueue/q1
root 21845 1 0 18:01 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: running queue: /var/spool/mqueue/q2
root 21848 1 0 18:01 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: running queue: /var/spool/mqueue/q3
root 21954 1 1 18:02 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: running queue: /var/spool/mqueue/q1
root 21957 1 0 18:02 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: running queue: /var/spool/mqueue/q2
root 21963 1 0 18:02 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: running queue: /var/spool/mqueue/q3
root 21966 1 0 18:02 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: running queue: /var/spool/mqueue/q4
root 21972 15992 1 18:02 pts/1 00:00:00 grep run

 

[Rhinokiller]

No the queue runner will do it for you.
Can you post your access file and local-host-names file ?
Beyond this my guess would be a network issue.

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Rhinokiller]

Gibby111,
Look in your sendmail.cf for the following
# how many jobs can you process in the queue?
#O MaxQueueRunSize=10000
Try upping the qty to 20000
Then look for
# maximum number of queue-runners per queue-grouping with multiple queues
#O MaxRunnersPerQueue=1
Try changing the MaxRunnersPerQueue to 2
See if you notice any performance improvement. I know it's not generally a good idea to edit the senmail.cf directly but I would in this case. Sorry for my absence but I have been stuck in Cisco frame-relay traffic shaping hell for the past weeks.

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Rhinokiller]

Obviously you need to remove the # and restart sendmail.

Cogito Ergo Sum - Non Compos Mentis

 

[Gibby111]

thanks for the tips...I think I found a work around. I think the reason the proocess kept bailing out was because the load average was hitting the default limit of either 8 or 12. ( not sure which one did it), but I upped the following from the default of 8 and 12 respectively:

# load average at which we just queue messages
O QueueLA=16
#O QueueLA=8

# load average at which we refuse connections
O RefuseLA=20
#O RefuseLA=12

the defaults seem awfully low. my servers arent too taxed, but I guess they do hit those numbers sometimes...who knew! I found the following line in my maillog:
Apr 20 11:24:57 ServerName sendmail[27732]: runqueue: Flushing queue from /var/sp
ool/mqueue/q1/i3KAuPk7012366 (pri 570408, LA 15, 485 of 7936)
The LA is what tipped me off (finally).

anywho, I was able to get through my whole queue last night. I had one problem where I didn't get a message that cron sends me nightly until I restarted sendmail in the morning, but I think that had to do with me tweaking the max children. I put that back to where I found it and will find out tomorrow if everything is ok.

thanks again for the help.