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Re: 'stuck in the queue'?

From: Devdas Bhagat (devdasdvb.homelinux.org)
Date: Sun Nov 20 2005 - 01:24:26 CST


On 20/11/05 00:02 -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 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)

The original message had entered your system with queue-id 3919CDBBBC.
A look at the log for that message would be useful.

> 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
>
The message went into the majordomo queue here.

>
>
> >>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)
> >>

Notice the different in timezones above. That does not look like the
source of delay.

Devdas Bhagat