On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 10:20 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 02:49:56PM +0100, michael wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 09:27 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 02:12:42PM +0100, michael wrote: > > > > I'm feeling a bit dense today so any help welcome! > > > > > > > > Essentially, I've just noticed that local mail hasn't been delivered for > > > > a couple of weeks. I can email off my box but not to my username on the > > > > box. I can't see what the problem is. They are probably both a red > > > > herring [1] but (a) I did have some DNS problems just prior to the last > > > > received email and (b) switched off the box and physically moved it to a > > > > new location (and the new IP number) just after the last received email. > > > > > > > > I'm unsure how to go about debugging this so all pointers welcome! > > > > > > Assuming that you're using exim4, check you > > > /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf file for the wrong IP addresses. If > > > you find any, follow the instructions at the top of the file. > > > > >From what I can tell it seems fine: > agreed > > > > > > Assuming that you have written yourself an email on the same box, what > > > error messages do you get? What does mailq say? Are you having exim do > > > a reverse DNS lookup for every mail? > > > > Yes, the box is ratty.phy.umist.ac.uk and if I email myself (mail > > localusername) I get no error msgs. > > > > mailq gives me a permission error unless I use 'sudo mailq > > localusername' which then gives me > > michael-H > > *** spool read error: No such file or directory *** > > > > > > (not sure what that means...) > > What it means is that you used mailq wrong. You don't need any > parameters but if you provide any, they are a list of message IDs. > Since no message ID will be your localusername it will fail. Try mailq > all by itself.
I see. I get no output doing that: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mailq Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > > I said 'no' to keeping num of DNS lookups minimal. > > > > NB: nslookup on the machine gives multiple entries: > > $ nslookup ratty.phy.umist.ac.uk > > Server: 130.88.13.7 > > Address: 130.88.13.7#53 > > > > Name: ratty.phy.umist.ac.uk > > Address: 130.88.15.179 > > Name: ratty.phy.umist.ac.uk > > Address: 130.88.128.163 > > I don't have nslookup installed but it seems wierd to me that one > hostname would have more than one IP address. As Steve said it's not unusual but in this case the 130.88.128.163 is a 'dead' IP (the 'old' IP for the same box) > See what mailq say and see what are in exim's logs. I don't have a /var/log/exim.log (or sim) and the /var/log/mail* files don't have any recent info in them, and syslog has nothing that seems relevant... is there a command for showing all output as it happens of 'mail michael'? thanks, M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
