Hi,
Just in case nobody saw my last Email on this topic, here it is again.
The problem has repeated itself tonight. The funny thing is at almost
exactly the same time. 8:15 pm. This time I was at the console, so I
managed to get some more info before the box started to fall over. I
managed to stop it from freezing completely by copying a plain vanilla
alias file over the MJ one and running newaliases. It seemed to stop
processing a minute or so afterwards.
Doing a ps-ax displayed 100's of sendmail processes. I couldn't count
them all but I'd say there were almost a 1000 sendmail zombie processes.
Could this be something to do with the digest kicking in ?
I'm in living hell here can someone please help. <INSERT SPAM> I'm so
desperate I'm offering a carton of aussie beer delivered to the doorstep
of the person who helps me solve this &#%@^%@ problem!!! heeeelllpppp!
*sob*<END SPAM>
*hic*,
Neil.
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just when I thought I had the problem beat. It pops up again. I'm
> receiving out of memory messages at the console. The HD is thrashing
> itself to pieces. One of the messages I'm receiving is :
>
> ../../Library/Implementation/HTFormat.c HTInput Socket_new : Out of
> Memory.
>
> I'm running Linux 1.2.13, Perl 5.003, MJ 1.94.1. I have 30000+ blocks
> defined as swap space, 16 meg of Ram & 450 odd meg of free HD space.
>
> > Mailer /usr/lib/sendmail -oi -oee -fowner-vizsla@tradesrv.com.au vizsla-outgoing > exited unexpectedly with error 6
>
> I have just tried reducing the MJ uptime option to 4 to see if this does
> anything.
>
> I've almost run out of ideas on what could be causing this problem. Do I
> have insufficient swap space ? I run a digest with around 100
> subscribers on it. MJ seems to leave quite a few 80K digest tmp files
> hanging around in the /tmp directory.
>
> One question I have is how do I find out what version of sendmail I'm
> running ? Could it be I have an outdated/buggy implementation ? One
> thing I have noticed whilst doing a ps -ax when load is high, I have
> around 10+ sendmail processes on the go. Is my sendmail incorrectly
> configured ?. Is some parameter over zealous ?
>
> Urggh.. Does anyone ever wonder why they took up running lists ?! I
> guess you support guys must have a living nightmare trying to help
> idiots like me. I really appreciate your support. Everyone here owes you
> a case or two of beer.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil.
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