On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 12:01:02PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote: > > I'm still seeing a problem. Have eliminated Emacs, by sending test > messages with: > $ echo "TEST" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This time I've noticed that an email message will appear in mailq > output immediately after using mail, AND some messages just disappear > for some reason. > > Here's a test script: [snip] > > Here is the report: [one message evaporates] > > Where did message 2 disappear to?
I've run your script as a normal user and did not see this behavior: all messages were visible both in the $RPT file and in the output of mailq. > This is what's under /var/spool/exim: This is the same as what I have, except that my undelivered mail is still in exim/input. Are these messages disappearing, or are they being delivered? > Reading the man page, it says that per-message log files are > generated, and that per-message log files are deleted after message is > sent. I've seen such messages before. Is there a log of messages > that have been successfully sent, or a place that tracks what is > happening to the Hot49erfan message after it is in exim's queue? This I don't know. > The problem doesn't seem to follow particular email addresses. The > other day, email to sam was disappearing. Today email to sam stays in > queue (waiting for PPP). Today email to Hot49erfan is disappearing > (reproducibly, at that). If you get another reproducable one, try this: echo "don't go away" | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; tail -f /var/spool/exim/msglog/$(mailq |head -1 | cut -b11-26 ) ; which will get the first message ID out of mailq and follow that logfile. > Thing is: I'm driving to N.Y. and will be on the road for a few days. > But I wanted to post more information before leaving. Thanks again! Enjoy your trip. Rob -- If it's working, the diagnostics say it's fine. If it's not working, the diagnostics say it's fine. - A proposed addition to rules for realtime programming
