[Mailman-Users] qfiles/bounces

[Larry Rosenman]

On Oct 13, 2005, at 4:46 PM, Doc Schneider wrote:

> Larry Rosenman wrote:
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>> On Oct 13, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Doc Schneider wrote:
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>>> Larry Rosenman wrote:
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>>>> On Oct 13, 2005, at 4:14 PM, Doc Schneider wrote:
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>>>>> I'm sure this question has been asked but can't find the answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> It sure is not in the FAQs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it ok to remove the qfiles/bounces files?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have like 50k of them on one of my servers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or does MM require those to be kept?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> they should(!) be being processed and deleted.  Are all the   
>>>> QRunner  processes running?
>>>>
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> [snip]
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>>> Those are the ones running. I believe that is what should be   
>>> running, correct?
>>>
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> [snip]
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>
>> you are missing the bounce runner:
>>
>
> Well dang. Hmm... so delete all the ones in there then restart MM?  
> I seem to recall last time this server was restarted it shot a  
> whole bunhc of "this message has bounced" to all the list owners.
>
> Probably had a bunch in the bounces and just killed it/overloaded  
> the qrunnerbounce processor? Or am I not thinking right?

i'd stop mailman: mailmanctl stop
then rm qfiles/bounce
then restart mailman: mailmanctl start

then monitor the logs, and see if BounceRunner croaks again, and if  
so, find the traceback in the logs, and fix
whatever it's problem is.

LER

>
> Thanks,
>
> -Doc
>

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