Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!giza.cis.ohio-state.edu!karl From: karl@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: sendmail, what does 'locked' mean Message-ID: Date: 21 Jun 89 14:02:11 GMT References: <2360001@hpausla.HP.COM> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 11 Sendmail logging a "locked" message means that there's an lfXXyyyyy file lying around, which in turn means that some other incarnation of sendmail is working on that particular queue item just now, e.g., a queue-runner. It should go away on its own when that sendmail finishes its attempts (either re-queued due to non-fatal delivery problems, or removed entirely if delivery is finished). You should make sure, however, that you remove all lf* files when your system boots; otherwise, the "locked" items will never be processed by anybody. --Karl