Dave Sill <MaxFreedom@sws5.ctd.ornl.gov> wrote in message news:<wx0y8yygvnq.fsf@sws5.ornl.gov>...
> cferchoff@accesscomm.ca (Curtis) writes:
>
> > I've inherited a mail server at my work that is sending mail very
> > slowly. It takes 2-3 minutes to send a message, and when I check the
> > log, it is a 2mb file that has a number and then "alert: cannot start:
> > qmail-send is already running" for the whole log.
>
> From the information you've provided, everything seems to be up and
> running. Now we need to see where the delay is coming from, and find
> out what is trying to restart qmail-send and stop it.
>
> Post a snippet of the qmail-send logs that you've passed through
> tai64nlocal--just ten lines or so.
>
> Does "grep -v alert /var/log/qmail/current" show any "real" log
> entries? If so, look at the set of entries for a single message and
> post them if you can't see where the delay is occurring.


Here is a message when I do the "grep -v alert" command:

@400000003f15c30e3508ba94 new msg 45580
@400000003f15c30e35212c64 info msg 45580: bytes 1018 from
<christine.pirlot@brennansupply.com> qp 19649 uid 502
@400000003f15c30e356d259c starting delivery 316: msg 45580 to remote
ebissonnette@sgi.sk.ca
@400000003f15c30e356d8744 status: local 0/100 remote 1/100
@400000003f15c31014212514 delivery 316: success:
209.148.220.152_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_Ok/
@400000003f15c310142186bc status: local 0/100 remote 0/100
@400000003f15c3101421965c end msg 45580


When I do the tai64nlocal command, this is what I get:


2003-07-14 14:20:08.916384500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:08.971977500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.023077500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.074973500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.127190500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.179000500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.232558500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.284363500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.336057500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.387476500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.440485500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.492384500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.544130500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.595414500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.646462500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.699508500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.749883500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls
2003-07-14 14:20:09.803727500 alert: cannot start: unable to read
controls


When I look at the file, these alerts are in the middle of the
"current" file and the beginning and end are entries like this:

2003-07-16 10:25:01.627917500 new msg 45580
2003-07-16 10:25:01.629503500 info msg 45580: bytes 1231 from
<support@brennansupply.com> qp 15498 uid 502
2003-07-16 10:25:01.633486500 starting delivery 220: msg 45580 to
remote cferchoff@accesscomm.ca
2003-07-16 10:25:01.633579500 status: local 0/100 remote 1/100
2003-07-16 10:25:03.078648500 delivery 220: success:
204.83.142.82_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_ok_1058372704_qp_6152/
2003-07-16 10:25:03.079068500 status: local 0/100 remote 0/100
2003-07-16 10:25:03.079268500 end msg 45580


I guess I posted the wrong error in the first place, but the
qmail-send is still really slow.