mail stuck in postfix incoming directory

[Joolee]

Can you post it to the list?

On 12 June 2012 20:51, Harondel J. Sibble <mailscanner at pdscc.com> wrote:

> Interesting, problem solved, there was a file called "message" from 1535
> yesterday in the
>
> /var/spool/postfix/active
>
> directory, once I moved that out, all the mail started to flow.
>
> What should I be checking in the problem message file to determine the
> cause
> of the problem?
>
> On 12 Jun 2012 at 11:13, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:
>
> > So one of the machines in the field stopped sending or receiving emails,
> > actually it receives them fine from both internal (exchange) and
> externally,
> > but they don't leave the mailscanner box.
> >
> > /var/spool/postfix/incoming
> >
> > has all the emails that have come to the box since yesterday afternoon.
> >
> > Maillogs show
> >
> >
> > Jun 12 11:05:23 mailscannersys postfix/qmgr[8414]: fatal: qmgr_move:
> update
> > active/message time stamps: Operation not permitted Jun 12 11:05:24
> > mailscannersys postfix/master[8107]: warning: process
> > /usr/libexec/postfix/qmgr pid 8414 exit status 1 Jun 12 11:05:24
> > mailscannersys postfix/master[8107]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/qmgr:
> bad
> > command startup -- throttling Jun 12 11:06:24 mailscannersys
> > postfix/qmgr[8417]: fatal: qmgr_move: update active/message time stamps:
> > Operation not permitted Jun 12 11:06:25 mailscannersys
> postfix/master[8107]:
> > warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/qmgr pid 8417 exit status 1 Jun 12
> > 11:06:25 mailscannersys postfix/master[8107]: warning:
> > /usr/libexec/postfix/qmgr: bad command startup -- throttling
> >
> > this is a centos 4.8 box and was running fine until this occurred
> yesterday.
> > Googling seems to indicate permission errors, however when I compare
> >
> > /var/spool/postifx and subdirectories with another working, box, all
> looks
> > correct, suggestions?
> >
> > I've had a chat with the new onsite admin and he swears the only change
> made
> > recently was to add a line to allow word docs with double periods in
> >
> > /etc/MailScanner/filename.rules.conf
> >
> > other than that, no other changes.
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