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/ >