From: Marc G. Fournier (scrappyhub.org)
Date: Sat Nov 19 2005 - 22:02:40 CST

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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Magnus Bäck wrote:

> On Saturday, November 19, 2005 at 22:00 CET,
> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappyhub.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to investigate a 2 hour lag on mail delivery for a mailing
>> list, and am seeing something that seems a wee bit odd ... based on
>> the Received headers, from what I can tell, the 2 hour lag is within
>> postfix itself:
>>
>> Received: from postgresql.org (svr1.postgresql.org [200.46.204.71])
>> by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E14B1DBC8F;
>> Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:39:30 -0400 (AST)
>> X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.orglocalhost.postgresql.org

Wait, so this "time gap" is ADB11DBC7D passing it off to majordomo, and
then E14B1DBC8F is majordomo passing it back into the queue?

From the logs, this is how I'm reading it, but clarification would be
appreciated:

Nov 19 14:38:36 svr1 postfix/smtpd[70594]: ADB11DBC7D: client=av.hub.org[200.46.204.144]
Nov 19 14:38:36 svr1 postfix/cleanup[69477]: ADB11DBC7D: message-id=<AC265597-5C53-4349-BEE2-DFC5F429D407diroussel.xsmail.com>
Nov 19 14:38:36 svr1 postfix/qmgr[87156]: ADB11DBC7D: from=<pgsql-generaldiroussel.xsmail.com>, size=4015, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 19 14:38:36 svr1 postfix/smtp[70599]: 3919CDBBBC: to=<pgsql-general-postgresql.orglocalhost.postgresql.org>, orig_to=<pgsql-generalpostgresql.org>, relay=av.hub.org[200.46.204.144], delay=7, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=72129-06, from MTA([200.46.204.71]:10025): 250 Ok: queued as ADB11DBC7D)
Nov 19 14:38:37 svr1 postfix/local[72396]: ADB11DBC7D: to=<pgsql-general-postgresql.orglocalhost.postgresql.org>, relay=local, delay=1, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/local/majordomo/bin/mj_enqueue -r -d postgresql.org -l pgsql-general -P10 -p10)
Nov 19 14:38:37 svr1 postfix/qmgr[87156]: ADB11DBC7D: removed

>> Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144])
>> by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADB11DBC7D
>> for <pgsql-general-postgresql.orglocalhost.postgresql.org>; Sat,
>> 19 Nov 2005 14:38:36 -0400 (AST)
>> Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71])
>> by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
>> with ESMTP id 72129-06
>> for <pgsql-general-postgresql.orglocalhost.postgresql.org>;
>> Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:38:36 +0000 (GMT)
>>
>> So, its going *through* av.hub.org fairly quickly, but looks like its
>> being held in the postfix queue before even being passed over to
>> majordomo for up to 2 hours ... which makes no sense, since the queue
>> is fairly empty (511 messages right now) ...
>
> Read your logs. Specifically, grep them for ADB11DBC7D, the queue id
> of the message before it was delivered to majordomo.
>
> [...]
>
> --
> Magnus Bäck
> magnusdsek.lth.se
>
>

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