Postfix support -- beta release

[Julian Field]

At 16:55 15/04/2003, you wrote:
>Hello again all...
>
>I'm posting this to the list, unless you think I should send it directly,
>Julian...
>
> >Are you sure you've got the "defer_transports" setting in
> >/etc/postfix.in/main.cf? The incoming postfix should just dump
> >everything in the "deferred" queue (/var/spool/postfix.in/deferred).
>
>Yup...
>
># postconf -c /etc/postfix.in defer_transports
>defer_transports = smtp local virtual
>
>I see this: (with the 'errors' highlighted by asterisks!)
>
>When MailScanner starts, I see:
>
>*Apr 15 16:38:37 hancock MailScanner[12862]: User's home directory
>/var/spool/postfix is not writable*

4.15-3 shouldn't say that.


>Then:
>
>Apr 15 16:38:57 hancock postfix/smtpd[12864]: connect from
>unknown[193.63.251.18]
>Apr 15 16:38:57 hancock postfix/smtpd[12864]: 5C8E414A12C:
>client=unknown[193.63.251.18]
>Apr 15 16:38:57 hancock postfix/cleanup[12865]: 5C8E414A12C:
>message-id=<20030415153857.5C8E414A12C at hancock.lshtm.ac.uk>
>Apr 15 16:38:57 hancock postfix/qmgr[12759]: 5C8E414A12C:
>from=<peter at invisiblemenders.com>, size=17954, nrcpt=1 (queue active)

That's the first bit that's wrong. Can you send me your
/etc/postfix.in/master.cf and main.cf (off-list). Also what version of
Postfix are you running?

>*Apr 15 16:38:57 hancock postfix/smtp[12868]: fatal: unknown service:
>smtp/tcp*

That's the chroot jail missing.

>Apr 15 16:38:57 hancock postfix/smtpd[12864]: disconnect from
>unknown[193.63.251.18]
>*Apr 15 16:38:58 hancock postfix/qmgr[12759]: warning: premature
>end-of-input on private/relay socket while reading input attribute name*
>*Apr 15 16:38:58 hancock postfix/qmgr[12759]: warning: private/relay
>socket: malformed response*
>*Apr 15 16:38:58 hancock postfix/qmgr[12759]: warning: transport relay
>failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the
>problem description*
>*Apr 15 16:38:58 hancock postfix/master[12757]: warning: process
>/usr/libexec/postfix/smtp pid 12868 exit status 1*
>*Apr 15 16:38:58 hancock postfix/master[12757]: warning:
>/usr/libexec/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling*
>
>All of the above are about Postfix not being able to run 'smtp', the thing
>that essentially delivers via SMTP (as opposed to smtpd, which listens).
>
>Apr 15 16:39:00 hancock MailScanner[12852]: New Batch: Scanning 1
>messages, 18275 bytes
>Apr 15 16:39:00 hancock MailScanner[12852]: Spam Checks: Starting
>Apr 15 16:39:10 hancock MailScanner[12862]: SophosSAVI 3.68 (engine 2.14)
>recognizing 80978 viruses
>Apr 15 16:39:10 hancock MailScanner[12862]: SophosSAVI using 14 IDE files
>Apr 15 16:39:10 hancock MailScanner[12862]: Using locktype = flock
>Apr 15 16:39:30 hancock MailScanner[12852]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
>killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20
>Apr 15 16:39:34 hancock MailScanner[12852]: Virus and Content Scanning:
>Starting
>Apr 15 16:39:34 hancock MailScanner[12852]: Filename Checks: Allowing
>msg-12852-1.txt
>Apr 15 16:39:34 hancock MailScanner[12852]: Filename Checks: Allowing
>newX15.GIF
>Apr 15 16:39:34 hancock postfix/qmgr[12834]: 66D3615601E:
>from=<peter at invisiblemenders.com>, size=18118, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
>Apr 15 16:39:34 hancock MailScanner[12852]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
>Apr 15 16:39:34 hancock postfix/smtp[12879]: 66D3615601E:
>to=<peter.bates at lshtm.ac.uk>, relay=193.63.251.120[193.63.251.120],
>delay=37, status=sent (250 Ok)
>
>It seems to (or in fact does) get through here, but SA hasn't run for some
>reason... again possibly because user 'postfix' can't run it???
>
>I also see a few:
>Apr 15 16:48:23 hancock postfix/smtp[12905]: warning: corrupted queue
>file: active/6/66F4715601F

Could you send me 1 or 2 of those if you can extract them before Postfix
removes them?

Looks like I've got some more work to do...
--
Julian Field
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