Exim randomly failing, then working again

[flashsonix]

Hi!

I've been having a serious problem with exim for 2 months now and it was impossible for me to fix it. Most of the time WHM service status shows that exim failed. Then all of a sudden it's working again for two days or more, just to fail again later.

Any idea what could be causing this? Please help me out!

I can post logfiles and stuff here if needed, just let me know which ones.

Best regards!

[chirpy]

Have you tried upgrading Exim to the latest version:

/scripts/exim4 --latest

Might fix such problems. If you're already on the latest version, then do you have any relevant entries in /var/log/exim_paniclog (on aLinux server)?

[flashsonix]

Have you tried upgrading Exim to the latest version:

/scripts/exim4 --latest

Might fix such problems. If you're already on the latest version, then do you have any relevant entries in /var/log/exim_paniclog (on aLinux server)?

My server is running FreeBSD with WHM 9.9.0 cPanel 9.9.2-R8.

I did /scripts/exim4 --latest and the output was...

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Exim Setup Script Version 15.0
---> Session started at: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:31:19 +0200
** No package has been installed or upgraded.
---> Session ended at: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:31:20 +0200 (consumed 00:00:00)
Running post install scripts for exim....Done
Waiting for exim to restart..............finished.

root 20070 0.0 0.3 2296 1672 ?? S 10:31PM 0:00.00 antirelayd (perl)
root 20083 8.2 4.0 19800 19168 ?? Ss 10:31PM 0:00.48 /usr/bin/spamd -d --allowed-ips=127.0.0.1 --pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pi
d --max-children=5 (perl)
root 20084 0.0 4.0 19800 19160 ?? S 10:31PM 0:00.00 spamd child (perl)
root 20085 0.0 4.0 19800 19160 ?? S 10:31PM 0:00.00 spamd child (perl)
root 20086 0.0 4.0 19800 19160 ?? S 10:31PM 0:00.00 spamd child (perl)
root 20087 0.0 4.0 19800 19160 ?? S 10:31PM 0:00.00 spamd child (perl)
root 20088 0.0 4.0 19800 19160 ?? S 10:31PM 0:00.00 spamd child (perl)

exim has failed, please contact the sysadmin.

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/var/log/exim/paniclog =

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2004-08-26 20:34:37 socket bind() to port 25 for address (any IPv6) failed: Address already in use: daemon abandoned
2004-08-26 20:34:37 socket bind() to port 465 for address (any IPv6) failed: Address already in use: daemon abandoned
2004-08-27 18:08:16 1C0axt-000Bld-Tr User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2004-08-27 18:38:16 1C0axt-000Bld-Tr User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2004-08-27 19:08:16 1C0axt-000Bld-Tr User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2004-08-27 19:38:16 1C0axt-000Bld-Tr User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list

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last line of /var/log/exim/mainlog =

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2004-10-13 03:17:03 1CHXkG-000FPN-UH SIGTERM received while reading local message

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Any idea what might be causing the trouble?

Thanks for you help so far!

[chirpy]

I'd log a Trouble Ticket with cPanel to get that sorted out if I were you.

[flashsonix]

I'd log a Trouble Ticket with cPanel to get that sorted out if I were you.

I would, but...

"If you are the customer of a hosting company or datacenter, you need to contact them for support. This form is for datacenters and directly-licensed cPanel customers only. "

I am not directly licensed. My webhost is unmanaged and can't help me with this either.

Do you think I should submit a trouble ticket anyway?

[sawbuck]

Do you think I should submit a trouble ticket anyway?

You might ask Chirpy to help you out as his expertise and pricing are excellent.