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>From: Philip Kizer <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Held jobs (*.jobh), error spool files (*.error),              and
>resurrected jobs
>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 17:06:33 -0500
>
>I have searched all of the manuals and only in the Site Manager's manual in
>the Section "5.3 Files used by Listserv" do I find .jobh and .error:
>   <http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/sitemgr/sitemgr.html#5.3>:
>
>   .ERROR      LISTSERV generates an .ERROR file in the spool when it
>               encounters an error in a JOB file. These can be viewed
>               with the jobview utility and are important for tracing
>               certain errors back.
>
>   .JOBH       Held .JOB files. Such files are either being processed
>               by LISTSERV (and are thus locked) or have generated an
>               error message. These can also be viewed with the jobview
>               utility.
>
>Great, so I can view them.  Right now, we have about 100 (jobh and error
>combined) files in our spool directory, and I do not see anything in the
>manual that tells us how to handle them.  What do I do with them?
>
>Is there a recommended procedure?
>
>
>Lastly, I am operating on too little information, but has anyone seen
>what appears to be jobs being resurrected that are long past?  We recently
>had several lists and owner jobs that were completed months ago (February),
>and the jobs were acted on and distributed properly back at that time, but
>they were again re-distributed 2 weeks ago causing a bit of confusion and
>concern.  From comparing the sendmail and listserv log files, no mail came
>in 2 weeks ago via sendmail that generated the listserv "duplication" from
>6+ months ago, and I did see the outgoing logs in both listserv and
>sendamil.  Are there any pointers for what else to look for on debugging
>that one?
>
>
>Thanks,
>philip
>
>--
>Philip Kizer,
>USENIX Liaison to Texas A&M University                  <[log in to unmask]>
>Texas A&M CIS Operating Systems Group, Unix            <[log in to unmask]>

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