the .db file gets too big. 1.1 GB is about the limit in fbsd.
Run this address_verify_watchdog.sh once a day, and set the size to suit.
positive/negative caching values can be shortened to keep the file smaller.
#!/bin/sh
AVMAXFSIZE="900000000"
AVFNAME="/var/log/address_verify.map.db"
AVFSIZE="`ls -al $AVFNAME | awk '{ print $5}'`"
if [ $AVFSIZE -gt "$AVMAXFSIZE" ] ; then
mv $AVFNAME $AVFNAME.save
mail < /dev/null -s "`hostname` $AVFNAME exceeded $AVMAXFSIZE bytes and
has been zeroed" [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
/usr/sbin/postfix stop
/usr/sbin/postfix start
fi
exit 0
>the address_verify.map.db file. The file size was about 643MB. I have
>temporarily turned off reject_unverified_recipient which is allowing
>mail to flow again. Not being the person to set this up, I have no idea
>what needs to go into this .map file.
it's manually maintained by the verify service.
> The current address_verify.map is
>empty
verify service write directly to the .map.db file, never to the .map file
> and doing a postmap of it obviously created a new
>address_verify.map.db, but it isn't verifying correctly once I turn
>reject_unverified_recipient back on.
zero the .db file, postfix will re-create it
rm /var/log/address_verify.map.db
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