From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 20:30:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 526E116A4CE; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:30:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2472743D2D; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:30:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1D03uk-000Lo5-NC; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:30:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: <420E2038.7060503@daltons.ca> References: <420E2038.7060503@daltons.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Message-Id: From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:30:49 -0700 To: Aaron Dalton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Exim X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:30:54 -0000 On Feb 12, 2005, at 8:26 AM, Aaron Dalton wrote: > Since upgrading to the latest exim (4.44?) I will occasionally notice > I am not receiving mail. I will check the server (ps -ax | grep > 'exim') and find that there are dozens of exim processes running (exim > -bd -q30m). I will do 'exim.sh stop' but that only kills the initial > process and not the others. If I manually kill all the stray > processes, as soon as I start receiving mail new ones will appear. If > I reboot, then everything works fine for about 24 hours then it starts > to happen again. Has anybody else had this happen or does anybody > know what might be causing the problem? I do run Exim with Clamav and > I keep all my ports updated almost daily. > > Your time and assistance is greatly appreciated. > Aaron > Without looking at your exim config file, it is hard to say why your system behaves as it does. However, there is an exim specific list you can use to get help (be prepared to give more detail including config file details). The list is referenced at www.exim.org Chad