From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::YMIR.CLAREMONT.EDU::POSTMAST" 22-JUN-1990 21:08:54.57 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" CC: Subj: RE: pmdf 3.0 hangs on messages Received: by crdgw1.ge.com (5.57/GE 1.70) id AA26427; Fri, 22 Jun 90 19:01:21 EDT Resent-From: postmast@YMIR.CLAREMONT.EDU Resent-Message-Id: <9006222301.AA26427@crdgw1.ge.com> Received: from JNET-DAEMON by YMIR.CLAREMONT.EDU; Fri, 22 Jun 90 14:42 PDT Received: From UTKVX2(MCNAIR) by YMIR with Jnet id 3951 for IPMDF@YMIR; Fri, 22 Jun 90 14:42 PDT Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 1990 14:59 PDT Date: Fri, 22 Jun 90 17:45 EST From: "John McNair, UTCC" Subject: RE: pmdf 3.0 hangs on messages To: dimou@cernvax.cern.ch, ipmdf@YMIR.CLAREMONT.EDU Errors-To: postmast@YMIR.CLAREMONT.EDU Message-Id: <8956528E0BA040006E@YMIR.CLAREMONT.EDU> X-Vms-To: IN%"dimou@cernvax.cern.ch" Hello, Maria Dimou writes: >PMDF had "caught" a message to treat and was hanging for hours without >dequeueing the message or writing any diagnostics for the reason why >it took so long to treat. I have seen somewhat similar problems on my VAXcluster. (Earlier I posted a message attributing the hangs to a WIN/TCP message that happened around the same time. I now believe WIN/TCP had nothing to do with the problem). In my case anyone sending to an IN%-style address while the PMDF delivery job was hung would also get trapped, unable even to Ctrl-Y out. (Talk about Unhappy mail-users!) I tramped around with SDA enough to see that there was some sort of file LOCKing problem and called CSC to get some general information. They sent me a 'patch for RMS deadlock problem' (CSC patch 0158) and I have not seen that problem again since it was installed. (VMS V5.3 and V5.3-1, PMDF 3.0) Have fun. John -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John McNair BITNET: MCNAIR@UTKVX VMS systems programmer/analyst Internet: MCNAIR@UTKVX.UTK.EDU University of Tennessee Computing Center Phone: (615) 974-6721