Invalid Queue Files with Postfix

[Julian Field]

What versions of MailScanner and Postfix are you using?
If you are using a very recent Postfix, particularly if you are using 
milters at all, you need to be running a pretty modern MailScanner.

Brad Beckenhauer wrote:
> I'm running a Postfix system using the Hold method and recently
> experienced a huge backlog due to "invalid queue files".  Eventually the
> hold directory got enough invalid queue files that MailScanner switch to
> "accelerated" mode of processing messages.
>
> sample from the maillog:
> Aug 17 08:37:48 mx2 MailScanner[26605]: New Batch: Found invalid queue
> files: B1FB93EE101
> Postcat of this file is below.
>
> Finding what's causing these invalid queue files and eliminating them
> is the first issue. 
>
> Would a feature in MailScanner that takes action when invalid queue
> files are found be useful to others?
> Such a feature could:
> Detect invalid queue files (which it already does) and 
> a) Move the invalid queue file somewhere safe and notify the admin
> b) postsuper -d queue_file to get rid of it.
>
> Or how about a courtesy email to the email admin when MailScanner
> switches to "accelerated mode".
>
> postcat B1FB93EE101
>
> *** ENVELOPE RECORDS B1FB93EE101 ***
> message_size:             489             336               1          
>     0
> message_arrival_time: Thu Aug 16 09:22:55 2007
> sender: Lucien.Hatch8400 at hot.ee 
> named_attribute: client_name=62.43.179.119.dyn.user.ono.com
> named_attribute: client_address=62.43.179.119
> named_attribute:
> message_origin=62.43.179.119.dyn.user.ono.com[62.43.179.119]
> named_attribute: helo_name=62.43.179.119.dyn.user.ono.com
> named_attribute: protocol_name=SMTP
> original_recipient: tnolte at stfm.org 
> recipient: tnolte at stfm.org 
> *** MESSAGE CONTENTS B1FB93EE101 ***
> Received: from 62.43.179.119.dyn.user.ono.com
> (62.43.179.119.dyn.user.ono.com [62.43.179.119])
>         by mx1.aafp.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1FB93EE101
>         for <tnolte at stfm.org>; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:22:55 -0500 (CDT)
> Received: from martinique.hotbox.com (unknown [111.13.212.156])
>            by galleryplanet.com with SMTP id 5[10
> Message-Id: <20070816142255.B1FB93EE101 at mx1.aafp.org>
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:22:55 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Lucien.Hatch8400 at hot.ee 
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> *** HEADER EXTRACTED B1FB93EE101 ***
> *** MESSAGE FILE END B1FB93EE101 ***
>
>
>
>   

Jules

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