Tcp_local channel mails

Question

Hi,
we are using Messaging server7u3.
# imsimta qm summarize
tcp_local 63 0.4
Totals 63 0.4
there are mails with non-existent/misspelled domains in this channel
when will be these messages deleted? is there a automatic way to do this(delete them) by messaging server itself?
Thanks,
Stefan

Answer 1

fwiw, if you put sample output in a \{code\} ... \{code\} block (remove the '\'), it won't jam it all together:
# imsimta qm summarize
                       tcp_local        63        0.4
                          Totals        63        0.4Also, fyi, you can get more information if you use -database on summary or view database before doing the summary command:
qm.maint> sum -data
                                     Total                                    Total
                         Channel  Messages =  Active + Pending + Delayed  Size (Mb)
                       tcp_local         8         0         0         8        0.0
--------------------------------  --------  --------  --------  --------  ---------Mine isn't particularly useful at the moment, but I just want to get this info out there - check out the -database view.
If you use the directory command on that channel, eg:
qm.maint> dir tcp_local
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:19:10 -0500 (EST)
Data gathered from the queue directory tree
Channel: tcp_local                Size Queued since
    1 ZQg0M2q0sHQp2.00               5  15 Dec 2009 00:30:00
    2 ZIg0M1a0EDkW0.00               5  12 Dec 2009 00:30:00
    3 Z9g0L0W0PBQs2.00               6  09 Dec 2009 00:30:00
    4 ZCg0M0207Wkc3.00               6  10 Dec 2009 00:30:00
    5 Z9g0L0W0PBQs0.00               6  09 Dec 2009 00:30:00
    6 ZIg0M1a0EDkW2.00               5  12 Dec 2009 00:30:00
    7 ZCg0M0207Wkc1.01               6  10 Dec 2009 00:30:00
    8 ZQg0M2q0sHQp0.00               5  15 Dec 2009 00:30:00
Total size:                         44
Grand total size:                   44Now that you have a list of messages, you can use the qm history command on one of them to see what has happened when it has tried to relay the message.
You may also want to set LOG_FILENAME=1 in option.dat (and do imsimta cnbuild; and imsimta restart) so file names will be logged in mail.log_current. That way you could correlate the file names to events in the log file.
If the message is addressed to a completely invalid domain (no A record, no MX records, no CNAME) then attempting to lookup the hostname to try to connect to would fail and that should be a hard failure and the message should be returned to sender immediately. So I would guess they yours are addressed to domains that exist in DNS but are not reachable. Those will sit in the queue and retry until the final notices period expires. See [the notices channel option doc|http://msg.wikidoc.info/index.php/Notices,_nonurgentnotices,_normalnotices,_urgentnotices_Channel_Options].
Edited by: kellyc on Dec 16, 2009 10:21 AM