Re: [AMaViS-user] Queues

relay1# perl qshape.pl -s active | head
T 5 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 1280+
TOTAL 4155 159 161 392 989 2023 431 0 0 0 0
bounces.amazon.com 504 0 0 3 3 442 56 0 0 0 0
returns.groups.yahoo.com 78 2 3 7 19 38 9 0 0 0 0
comcast.net 40 2 2 7 18 8 3 0 0 0 0
preachinglyurbannai.com 37 0 4 7 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
optonline.com 26 2 2 8 6 0 8 0 0 0 0
pagetarget.com 25 1 0 2 6 12 4 0 0 0 0
verizon.net 24 1 2 5 9 6 1 0 0 0 0
onlogixx.com 24 0 1 0 12 10 1 0 0 0 0
relay1#



Gary V wrote:

>Matt wrote:
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>>Hi all,
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>>The queues for our three relay servers have been very odd lately.
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>Relay 1 --->> 1000 messages (way too high, mail is delayed)
>Relay 2 --->> Normal (1-10)
>Relay 3 --->> Normal (1-10)
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>>It seems relay1 is more busier because it is the first MX record
>>listed. Even though they are set as even priority:
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>>IN MX 10 relay1
>>IN MX 10 relay2
>>IN MX 10 relay3
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>>Its still the first one to appear.... is this why its more busier?
>>Spammers maybe use it directly without following the round robin?
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>>Anyway, the queues have been so large on relay1, I need to do something
>>about it. Nothing seems hung up on the server, it just seems like its
>>processing as normal. Should I put more RAM in it and open up more
>>processes? Should I get a better box just for relay 1?
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>>Thanks for any advice..... I know flushing the queues helps, but it gets
>>backed up again.
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>>Regards,
>>Matt
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>I noticed on my FreeBSD test system, that the qshape program is
>not installed when installing Postfix from ports. If you do not
>have it on your system, I suggest you install it. It comes with
>the Postfix source code (in the /auxiliary/qshape/ directory),
>so you may need to download that if you do not have it. We obtain
>the source code here solely to obtain the qshape.pl program.
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>This tool can help you determine which queues the mail is bunched up
>in, and what domains the mail is to (or from). The 'qshape deferred'
>and 'qshape -s deferred' will show items in the deferred queue for
>example.
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>Here are instructions to obtain the qshape.pl program. Before you
>do this, run 'qshape' to see if it is already installed.
>You can change the Postfix version number here if desired to your
>currently installed version. To see what version of Posfix you are
>using, use 'postconf mail_version'.
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>cd /usr/src
>wget ftp://postfix.mirrors.pair.com/offic...x-2.2.5.tar.gz
>tar xzvf postfix-2.2.5.tar.gz
>cp postfix-2.2.5/auxiliary/qshape/qshape.pl /usr/local/sbin/qshape
>chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/qshape
>cd
>rehash
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>For instructions on the use of qshape, see:
>http://www.postfix.org/QSHAPE_README.html
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>Is your final destination server bouncing messages back to relay1
>(and not the other servers)? In general, are you using relay1 for
>any outbound mail? Is amavisd-new refusing connections?
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>Essentially, we are trying to gather more information on what the
>source of the problem is.
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>BTW, manually flushing the deferred queue should actually slow things
>down, because you are making Postfix (and amavisd-new) work harder than
>usual.
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>Gary V
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