Bryan wrote:

> On 8/22/06, Mark Martinec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Danita,
>>
>> > I have a server that gets a large amount of directories "stuck" in the
>> > amavis/tmp directory, and it runs the server out of space.  This doesn't
>> > happen on my other two servers that are pretty much identical in
>> > configuration.
>>
>> Please start with http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/#faq-gen
>> and search for "mail being stuck in a MTA queue".
>> You should really look into what your amavisd-nanny says,
>> and check the log (at increased log level if necessary)
>> to see what was the last operation by a child process
>> that encountered a problem.

> You could also move amavisd queue to a ramdisk so it won't fill up
> your filesystem.
> --Bryan

But IIRC when the ramdisk fills up, amavisd-new stops. Ramdisk is Ok
when the system is healthy, but I imagine it would only make things
worse on a system having problems.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=amavis-user&m=115133622803845&w=2
In this post it appears you are using Maia and allowed very large
files which it was discovered Maia 1.0 tries to slurp into memory:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=amavis-user&m=113770927919975&w=2
(I think that particular design problem has been addressed in 1.0.1.)
When it ran out of steam it left the temp files and Postfix tried
again. You talk of one machine having 2.2 gigs, and the other 16.8
gigs. On a healthy system you would only have as many temp directories
as you have $max_servers and possibly a handful more, so both systems
(at that time) were sick. Are you still allowing these very large
files? How many temp directories are left on your other two systems?

This may not be your problem at all, and of course following the debug
instructions Mark pointed you to would provide considerably more insight,
but I though this might be related. Are you still running Maia 1.0?

Gary V


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