having problems recieveing email.

Jimbo

having problems recieveing email.

« on: October 28, 2003, 01:04:53 PM »

I am using 5.6 with the latest updates and the secure-mail contrib and recieve email via smtp. Every thing has been peachy for ages untill the last few days. The box just stops receiving email, cant find any thing wrong - but a reboot seems to get it to work again.

The mail is just all queueing at my provider...

I just dont know where to start looking.

Thanks in advance.
Jimbo

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Jimbo

Re: having problems recieveing email.

« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2003, 03:14:29 PM »

Anything look wrong in these?
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12:14pm up 45 min, 1 user, load average: 19.99, 18.06, 15.40
138 processes: 137 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU0 states: 0.0% user, 0.0% system, 0.0% nice, 100.0% idle
CPU1 states: 0.4% user, 1.4% system, 0.0% nice, 97.1% idle
Mem: 126164K av, 123208K used, 2956K free, 0K shrd, 6612K buff
Swap: 264952K av, 0K used, 264952K free 49244K cached

PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
3012 root 16 0 1064 1064 812 R 2.1 0.8 0:00 top
7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.5 0.0 0:00 kswapd
1 root 15 0 480 480 420 S 0.0 0.3 0:03 init
2 root 0K 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 migration_CPU0
3 root 0K 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 migration_CPU1
4 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd
5 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 ksoftirqd_CPU0
6 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 ksoftirqd_CPU1
8 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 bdflush
9 root 15 0 0 0 0 DW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kupdated
10 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 mdrecoveryd
16 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_0
17 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 scsi_eh_1
21 root 16 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 raid1d
22 root 16 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 raid1d
23 root 16 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 raid1d
24 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:02 kjournald
188 root 17 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 khubd
218 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kjournald
219 root 15 0 0 0 0 DW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kjournald
430 root 15 0 308 308 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 svscan
443 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
444 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
447 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
448 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
456 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
457 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
463 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
464 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
465 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
466 root 15 0 296 296 252 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 supervise
471 qmaill 15 0 296 296 244 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 multilog
472 qmaill 15 0 296 296 244 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 multilog
473 root 15 0 296 296 244 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 multilog
475 qmaill 16 0 292 292 240 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 multilog
474 qmaill 16 0 292 292 240 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 multilog
501 root 15 0 584 584 480 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 syslogd
506 root 15 0 1200 1200 424 S 0.0 0.9 0:00 klogd
924 nobody 18 0 516 516 456 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 oidentd
965 root 15 0 564 564 492 S 0.0 0.4 0:00 crond
999 root 15 0 792 792 676 S 0.0 0.6 0:00 xinetd
1054 ntp 15 0 1876 1876 1784 S 0.0 1.4 0:00 ntpd
1075 root 15 0 1964 1964 1840 S 0.0 1.5 0:00 ntpd
1126 lp 15 0 1000 1000 864 S 0.0 0.7 0:00 lpd
1162 root 15 0 656 656 500 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 dhcpd
1203 root 16 0 288 288 240 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 cvm-unix
1253 ldap 17 0 1932 1928 1512 S 0.0 1.5 0:00 slapd
1255 ldap 15 0 1932 1928 1512 S 0.0 1.5 0:00 slapd
1256 ldap 20 0 1932 1928 1512 S 0.0 1.5 0:00 slapd
1298 qmails 15 0 348 348 276 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 qmail-send
1300 root 15 0 296 296 244 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 qmail-lspawn
1301 qmailr 15 0 288 288 232 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 qmail-rspawn
1302 qmailq 15 0 300 300 248 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 qmail-clean
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[root@pybe-netserver root]# netstat -a -n
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:993 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:515 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:995 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:548 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:389 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:110 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:4080 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:465 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:113 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:980 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:980 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:981 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:981 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3128 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:953 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:1723 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:443 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 127.0.0.1:1024 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1031 127.0.0.1:980 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1030 127.0.0.1:980 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1033 127.0.0.1:980 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 127.0.0.1:1025 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:80 192.168.0.248:4884 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 127.0.0.1:1026 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 127.0.0.1:1027 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:993 195.173.18.34:4800 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 127.0.0.1:1028 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:980 127.0.0.1:1031 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:980 127.0.0.1:1030 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:993 195.173.18.34:4812 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:993 195.173.18.34:4798 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:980 127.0.0.1:1033 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1027 127.0.0.1:143 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1026 127.0.0.1:143 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1025 127.0.0.1:143 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1024 127.0.0.1:143 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 3468 192.168.0.2:22 195.173.18.34:4796 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1028 127.0.0.1:143 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:993 195.173.18.34:4824 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:1723 195.173.18.34:4861 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.2:993 195.173.18.34:4794 ESTABLISHED
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:1025 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 192.168.0.2:137 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:137 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 192.168.0.2:138 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:138 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 192.168.0.2:53 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3130 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:67 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 192.168.0.2:123 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:123 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:123 0.0.0.0:*
raw 0 0 0.0.0.0:1 0.0.0.0:* 7
raw 0 0 192.168.0.2:47 195.173.18.34:*

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James Pybus

Re: having problems recieveing email.

« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2003, 05:19:35 PM »

Found out what was wrong one of my scsi drives was failing and has now completely stopped. RAID 0 I am afraid.

On top of that I have just realised I made an extremly grave mistake when I set the box up a year and a half ago....

Instead of mounting the large array as /home/e-smith/files I mounted it as /home

Any ideas how I might recover from this extreme balls-up?

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Michiel

Re: having problems recieveing email.

« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2003, 05:37:43 PM »

Do you have a back-up of anything?

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Charlie Brady

Re: having problems recieveing email.

« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2003, 08:07:32 PM »

James Pybus wrote:

> Found out what was wrong one of my scsi drives was failing
> and has now completely stopped. RAID 0 I am afraid.
>
> On top of that I have just realised I made an extremly grave
> mistake when I set the box up a year and a half ago....

Two extremely grave mistakes then - RAID0 was your first.

> Any ideas how I might recover from this extreme balls-up?

From backup.

Charlie

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Chaloner Hale

Re: having problems recieveing email.

« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2003, 12:38:46 AM »

I can tell what has worked for one of my clients. We removed the good drive abd installed it as a second drive on an existing Windows machine. We then downloaded a trial version of a utility that can read linux partitions. It showed us all the files and we copied them over to the Windows box.

Then redo your hardware and OS, then copy the files back over. It was actually quite easy.

Chaloner Hale

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Chaloner Hale

Re: having problems recieveing email.

« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2003, 01:21:02 AM »

Our problem was identical. One of the Raid0 drives failed. The utility I used was explore2fs.exe. Here is the link;

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

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Chaloner Hale

Re: having problems recieveing email.

« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2003, 08:08:19 PM »

I assumed this was a raid 1 setup. This procedure works on a raid 1 setup only.

Chaloner Hale

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jimbo

Re: having problems recieveing email.

« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2003, 01:31:47 AM »

Thanks for your suggestions, I was using backup2ws but as these things seem to go, the hdd on my pc has stopped spinning too. I am currently righting this on my ppc!

I have dumped the old server and stuck a 10 gb hdd in an old p550 and reinstalled sme. all up and running.

I have some mails for a couple of accounts that were using imap. can i get them back on the server?

i didn't want to hookup the client in case it deletes the mails.

using mozilla thunderbird.

thanks
jimbo

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