Mail stuck in /var/spool/postfix/hold

Mark Sapiro mark at msapiro.net
Mon Jun 14 14:24:41 UTC 2021


On 6/14/21 4:41 AM, Remco Barendse wrote:
> 
> No errors, anywhere jusst this in the log :
> Jun 14 13:37:27 gw2 MailScanner[3282]: Making attempt 2 at processing 
> message 26A2782CA5.A6FBE
> 
> Jun 14 13:11:43 gw2 MailScanner[3081]: Connected to Processing Attempts 
> Database
> Jun 14 13:11:43 gw2 MailScanner[3081]: Found 6 messages in the 
> Processing Attempts Database
> Jun 14 13:11:43 gw2 MailScanner[3081]: Using locktype = flock
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[2890]: Making attempt 6 at processing 
> message D0D2882370.ACF37
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[2890]: Making attempt 6 at processing 
> message 4C5938221D.A960D
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[2890]: New Batch: Found 6 messages waiting
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[2890]: New Batch: Scanning 2 messages, 
> 883327 bytes
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[3006]: Warning: skipping message 
> D0D2882370.ACF37 as it has been attempted too many times
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[3006]: Quarantined message 
> D0D2882370.ACF37 as it caused MailScanner to crash several times
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[3006]: Saved entire message to 
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20210614/D0D2882370.ACF37
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[3081]: Warning: skipping message 
> 4C5938221D.A960D as it has been attempted too many times
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[3081]: Quarantined message 
> 4C5938221D.A960D as it caused MailScanner to crash several times
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[3081]: Saved entire message to 
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20210614/4C5938221D.A960D
> Jun 14 13:12:25 gw2 MailScanner[3081]: New Batch: Found 6 messages waiting


There should be errors logged from the earlier attempts to process the 
messages, perhaps they are in an older, rotated log.


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