Len Conrad wrote:
>>grep flush /var/log/maillog (Thanks for the tip, Eric) >>June 18 02:07:58 gateway01 fetchmail[210]: flushed >>June 18 03:01:14 gateway01 postfix/postqueue[3214]: fatal: Cannot flush >>mail queue - mail system is down >>June 18 03:08:04 gateway01 fetchmail[210]: flushed >> >> > >now you need to page through maillog to the 03:01 time and see what else is >going on that time. > >mail system is down is either true (why is postfix stopped), and false, why >is it being falsely detected as stopped by postqueue. > >Does logrotate script stop postfix while it rotates maillog? > >do you see any log line around then that postfix stopped and started? > >Len > > Except for the fatal: flush mail queue entry, I don't see anything related to the error in the log: Jun 18 02:57:30 gateway01 postfix/smtpd[2967]: A609D49E: client=unknown[10.34.129.13] Jun 18 03:01:13 gateway01 postfix/pickup[2976]: E87454A1: uid=0 from=<root> Jun 18 03:01:14 gateway01 postfix/cleanup[3198]: E87454A1: message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jun 18 03:01:14 gateway01 postfix/postqueue[3214]: fatal: Cannot flush mail queue - mail system is down Jun 18 03:01:14 gateway01 postfix/pickup[2976]: A58094A2: uid=0 from=<root> Jun 18 03:01:14 gateway01 postfix/cleanup[3198]: A58094A2: message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jun 18 03:01:34 gateway01 postfix/smtpd[2967]: A609D49E: reject: RCPT from unknown[10.34.129.13]: 450 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found; from=<> to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proto=ESMTP helo=<rcga01fs02.reilcorp.com> Jun 18 03:01:36 gateway01 postfix/smtpd[2967]: too many errors after RCPT from unknown[10.34.129.13] The log turns over at 1am. Jun 18 01:00:00 gateway01 newsyslog[2836]: logfile turned over I have no idea how to figure out why it's being falsely detected as being down! Thanks!
