Error while creating mbox spool file
Issue: "error while creating mbox spool file"If exim and spamd both fails constantly on cpanel server:
Resolution:
check the exim panic logs at
# tail -f /var/log/exim_paniclog
Also try out the following scripts :
# /scripts/eximup --force
# /scripts/perlinstaller --force Mail::SpamAssassin
# /scripts/autorepair spamd_dbm_fix
# /scripts/fixspamassassinfailedupdate
Also check the available disk space and available inodes on the partition holding /var
# df -h
# df -hi
If you are receiving the errors like
2007-09-12 12:50:00 1IVPnE-00085R-86 failed to open scan directory /var/spool/exim/scan/scan/1IVPnE-00085R-86: Too many links
2007-09-12 12:50:00 1IVPnE-00085R-86 spam acl condition: error while creating mbox spool file
2007-09-12 12:50:00 1IVPnE-00085R-86 failed to open scan directory /var/spool/exim/scan/scan/1IVPnE-00085R-86: Too many links
2007-10-06 17:01:41 1IeHiN-0005Nf-UI failed to open scan directory /var/spool/exim/scan/scan/1IeHiN-0005Nf-UI: Too many links
2007-10-06 17:01:41 1IeHiN-0005Nf-UI malware acl condition: error while creating mbox spool file
2007-10-06 17:01:41 1IeHiN-0005Nf-UI H=(<5) [] F=<> temporarily rejected after DATA
2007-10-06 17:01:41 1IeHiN-0005Ng-UO failed to open scan directory /var/spool/exim/scan/scan/1IeHiN-0005Ng-UO: Too many links
# cd /var/spool/exim/scan
# ls -alt | wc
If you've got a real high number (like 32000) then that might be a problem - for a few reasons -
(1) filesystem may only support x # of directories,
(2) something else going wrong causing too many directories to remain there even after processing.
The possible fix for this issue:
Following error occurred due to scan directory crossed the size limit
2007-10-06 05:05:50 1Ie6Xe-00042f-9B failed to open scan directory /var/spool/exim/scan/scan/1Ie6Xe-00042f-9B: Too many links
2007-10-06 05:05:50 1Ie6Xe-00042t-5y failed to open scan directory /var/spool/exim/scan/scan/1Ie6Xe-00042t-5y: Too many links
Solution:
Empty the folder /var/spool/exim/scan You can empty the large folder using following command.
# ls -l | xargs rm -rf
posted by The Great Anil @ 10:56 PM
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