hi jacob,
yeah, it's sendmail that runs on port 25 of the listserver (and it's
currently running). according to syslog, the messages are reaching listserv.
after i sent my original message out, i went and looked at the lsmtp
machine. it's queue is HUGE. 133K recipients, 20K+ messages. i suppose that
might be the hold up. is there anything i can do to speed up the queue?

thanks,
amanda

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Haller [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 7:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: listserv doesn't seem to be responding
>
>
> >hello...
> >i'm running listserv classic on solaris and relaying to
> lsmtp on windows.
> >we've been sending out bulk email to several
> announcement-only lists with
> >large amounts of subscribers. this has worked very well in
> the past, but now
> >it seems that the listserver is not responding. i have tried
> to send it
> >'thanks' commands and review lists, and receive no response
> (though syslog
> >shows that my messages are being received). also, we have a
> couple of small
> >lists where messages are sent frequently throughout the day,
> and people have
> >not been receiving anything from them. both listserv and
> lsmtp appear to up
> >and running...
> >any ideas as to why it is not responding?
> >thanks,
>
> How is LISTSERV supposed to get incoming email?  Is it via sendmail
> or some other email program?
>
> Basically I would make sure that the program that is supposed to be
> listening on port 25 on the LISTSERV box is running.  If it is
> running I'd look in the sendmail (or whatever) logs to make sure that
> the mail you're sending is making it that far at least, and also to
> see if it records any errors transferring the messages to LISTSERV.
>
> You may also want to look at the aliases file(s) to make sure that
> they are set up properly to hand off mail to LISTSERV.
>
> Hopefully this is enough to get you started.  Please reply if you
> need further assistance or information.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Jacob Haller, Technical Support
> L-Soft international, Inc
> http://www.lsoft.com/
>