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list Gregg Whitehouse
Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:26:27 -0300
Message-Id: <user-beaaab6f144a@xymon.invalid>

"mailq" reports similar to the following:

                /var/spool/mqueue (4 requests)
----Q-ID---- --Size-- -Priority- ---Q-Time--- ---------Sender/Recipient--------
m96FCWbg1265826*50803133   50863152 Oct  6 12:12 daemon
                                                daemon
                                                hobbit
m96FCXO21208398*51132855   51192874 Oct  6 12:12 daemon
                                                daemon
                                                hobbit
m96FCXVZ1232956*51653127   51713146 Oct  6 12:12 daemon
                                                daemon
                                                hobbit
m96FCXHX1794226*52479702   52539721 Oct  6 12:12 daemon
                                                daemon
                                                hobbit
                Total requests: 4

Because the message IDs keep changing, I can only look at one at any one time. Seems to contain an ongoing log of everything happening via the mailer:

Received: (from daemon at localhost)
        by DC-SV-NIM01.hitsns.nshealth.ca (AIX5.3/8.13.4/8.11.0) id m96FEiM09668
94;
        Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:14:44 -0300
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:14:44 -0300
From: daemon
Message-Id: <user-76d1ca18545c@xymon.invalid>
To: daemon, hobbit

Received: (from daemon at localhost)
        by DC-SV-NIM01.hitsns.nshealth.ca (AIX5.3/8.13.4/8.11.0) id m96FEVWU1794
244;
        Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:14:31 -0300
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:14:31 -0300
From: daemon
Message-Id: <user-7cbd4b590794@xymon.invalid>
To: daemon, hobbit
.... Etc
...since sendmail was last restarted.
A look at ps shows the following:
  daemon           598142              913620              88         12:21:55      -     0:00 mail -F daemon daemon hobbit
    root               892982              1                      0          Aug 12        -     1:41 sendmail: accepting connections
  daemon           913620              1                      120       12:21:55      -     0:00 sendmail: ./m96FLlNk1265874 from queue
  daemon           1069096            1                      120       12:21:55      -     0:00 sendmail: ./m96FLkY41310964 from queue
  daemon           1130658            1                      120       12:21:55      -     0:00 sendmail: ./m96FLkuV475246 from queue
  daemon           1208468            1069096            85         12:21:55      -     0:00 mail -F daemon daemon hobbit
  daemon           1265876            1405068            89         12:21:55      -     0:00 mail -F daemon daemon hobbit
  daemon           1405068            1                      120       12:21:55      -     0:00 sendmail: ./m96FLkJ01876174 from queue
  daemon           1511644            1130658            87         12:21:55      -     0:00 mail -F daemon daemon hobbit

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
GREGORY D. WHITEHOUSE
Unix Administrator
Health Information Technology Services (HITS-NS)
XXXX Young Street
Halifax, NS
B3K 2A6

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