Mike Barnett wrote:
> I need assistance and I can't reach Len in the air (not sure which seat
> he is in ;-)
>
> Last night, my MX machine stopped sending eMail....
>
> I have another machine that Len was building out for a backup (good
> timing)...
>
> I copied the transport file over to the new machine and when I did a
> postmap I received this error...
>
> Warning: /etc./postfix/transport.map, line 18: expecte format: key
> whitespace value
>
> Here are the first 19 lines
> 8/29/2003#
> # file: transport.map
> #
> # Tells postfix the per-domain next-hop address to which to relay mail.
> #
> # Works in conjunction with "relay_domains = ", which defines the
> # "RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to accept relay for.
> #
> # List all your mailbox servers' domains here (as you add/remove
> domains)
> #
> # Also, add/remove your mailbox server domains to
> from_senders_mybogus.map
> #
> # see "man 5 transport"
> #
> # e.g.:
> #
> # domain.com smtp:[ip.ad.re.ss]
> #
> 03226.com smtp:[209.246.239.118]
Looks OK, but make sure there is not funky formatting characters in there
(^M and such DOS stuff).
>
>
> NEXT... I changed all my dns to take the first DNS out of the loop....
^^^ Do you mean MX?
> I haven't seen eMail come through yet but I am sure the TTL has to
> expire first...
That would make sense. Also, it sounds like you could just change the A
record for the old server (mx1) to be the IP of the new mx (mx2) and it
wouldn't have the DNS propogation delay.
>
> Now... I have tens of thousands of messages (about 50,000 or so) that
> appear to be in the queue, but they aren't sending...
>
> I tried postfix flush but eMail doesn't seem to be moving...
What do the logs say?
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Chris Scott
Host Orlando, Inc
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