You can settings for how many incoming connections will be handled
simultaneously, or how many deliveries to dbmail, etc.  (see the
comments in main.cf, master.cf and maybe check TUNING_README).
For the mysql connection exhaustion problem, look at using proxymaps
(man proxymap).


---- Original Message ----
From:  <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Dbmail] Bombing...
Sent: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:45:13 -0500

> It looks to me like one of my mail servers is getting bombarded with 
> incoming connections.  It is causing MailScanner and db-mail and postfix 
> to fail due to the overwhelming connections coming.
> 
> This is a mail server that has very low traffic so I am not sure what is 
> happening.  It has been fine for months and months and then today this is 
> what I am seeing in my /var/log/maillog
> 
> Feb 10 10:42:22 mail postfix/smtpd[5439]: connect from 
> austtx-mx-04.mgw.rr.com[24.93.40.211]
> Feb 10 10:42:25 mail postfix/smtpd[5440]: connect from 
> hrndva-mx-04.mgw.rr.com[24.28.204.23]
> Feb 10 10:42:25 mail postfix/smtpd[5442]: connect from 
> clmboh-mx-02.mgw.rr.com[65.24.7.11]
> Feb 10 10:42:26 mail postfix/smtpd[5444]: connect from 
> mail1.dynavax.com[63.202.217.164]
> Feb 10 10:42:26 mail postfix/smtpd[5443]: connect from 
> ata.attmil.ne.jp[165.76.4.117]
> Feb 10 10:42:27 mail postfix/smtpd[5445]: connect from 
> gumby.apid.com[63.238.52.8]
> Feb 10 10:42:29 mail postfix/smtpd[5446]: connect from 
> im.cliffordlaw.com[12.160.0.42]
> Feb 10 10:42:30 mail postfix/smtpd[5441]: connect from 
> clmboh-mx-04.mgw.rr.com[65.24.7.13]
> 
> Lots of these, and then tonnes of errors from postfix.
> 
> Feb 10 10:42:40 mail postfix/smtpd[5447]: warning: premature end-of-input 
> on private/rewrite socket while reading input attribute name
> Feb 10 10:42:40 mail postfix/smtpd[5447]: warning: problem talking to 
> service rewrite: Success
> Feb 10 10:42:40 mail postfix/master[5011]: warning: process 
> /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 5583 exit status 1
> 
> Feb 10 10:42:39 mail postfix/smtpd[5059]: warning: premature end-of-input 
> on private/rewrite socket while reading input attribute name
> Feb 10 10:42:39 mail postfix/trivial-rewrite[5580]: fatal: 
> mysql:/etc/postfix/relaydomain.cf(0,100): table lookup problem
> Feb 10 10:42:39 mail postfix/smtpd[5045]: warning: premature end-of-input 
> on private/rewrite socket while reading input attribute name
> Feb 10 10:42:39 mail postfix/smtpd[5047]: warning: problem talking to 
> service rewrite: Connection reset by peer
> Feb 10 10:42:39 mail postfix/smtpd[5042]: warning: premature end-of-input 
> on private/rewrite socket while reading input attribute name
> Feb 10 10:42:39 mail postfix/smtpd[5041]: warning: problem talking to 
> service rewrite: Success
> Feb 10 10:42:39 mail postfix/smtpd[5043]: warning: problem talking to 
> service rewrite: Connection reset by peer
> 
> I know why the error about the table lookup is happening and that's 
> because I've exceeded my conneciton limit to MySQL which is set at 100.  I 
> think this is because of the constant incoming connections.
> 
> I really need some help here....
> 
> Bryan
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