Thanks for the quick reply! I did what you suggested and downloaded the qmailtoaster-plus package to run the queue repair tool. Effectively there were some problems with some missing directories and permissions that were fixed with the repair mode, so I think now the directories should be fine now, but I'm still getting some kind of error if I try to rerun the repair script: queue/intd/3/142674293 is mode 644, should be 600 changed queue/intd/3/142674293 mode to 600 queue/intd/5/142674295 is mode 644, should be 600 changed queue/intd/5/142674295 mode to 600 I get like 30 of these each run for files in different queue subfolders, some times it says it's changing permissions from mode 644 to 600, other times it is from 600 to 644.
Anyways, now with this script I'm getting the incoming and outcoming mails to appear in the mail queue, but apparently they are all stuck there. I tried to send 3 mails from sendmail and and using a roundcube, the later told me that the mail couldn't be send, but I can see it in the queue, and 2 of the 3 mails from sendmail are in the queue, the other one oddly enough was delivered correctly, even though it was the same as the others. In the logs now I'm getting a lot of "deferral: Sorry,_message_has_wrong_owner._(#4.3.5)/" and "warning: unable to stat mess/19/19" kind of messages that weren't there before, so maybe there are still some problems with the directories, or maybe there is another issue... Here is a part of the logs: maillog: May 3 03:06:25 nanofate qmail: 1335999985.037690 warning: unable to stat mess/19/19 May 3 03:06:25 nanofate qmail: 1335999985.046517 warning: unable to stat mess/5/5 May 3 03:06:25 nanofate qmail: 1335999985.063536 warning: unable to stat mess/7/7 May 3 03:06:25 nanofate qmail: 1335999985.082109 delivery 8: deferral: Sorry,_message_has_wrong_owner._(#4.3.5)/ May 3 03:06:25 nanofate qmail: 1335999985.082595 status: local 0/10 remote 0/60 May 3 03:06:25 nanofate vpopmail[26432]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not found t...@nanofate.us:220.199.70.244 May 3 03:06:35 nanofate qmail: 1335999995.982086 starting delivery 9: msg 142674505 to remote bph...@gmail.com May 3 03:06:35 nanofate qmail: 1335999995.982215 status: local 0/10 remote 1/60 May 3 03:06:35 nanofate qmail: 1335999995.982308 delivery 9: deferral: Sorry,_message_has_wrong_owner._(#4.3.5)/ May 3 03:06:35 nanofate qmail: 1335999995.982367 status: local 0/10 remote 0/60 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870200 warning: unable to stat mess/17/17 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870234 warning: unable to stat mess/1/1 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870250 warning: unable to stat mess/15/15 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870264 warning: unable to stat mess/12/12 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870278 warning: unable to stat mess/14/14 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870292 warning: unable to stat mess/4/4 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870307 warning: unable to stat mess/16/16 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870319 new msg 142674511 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.870336 info msg 142674511: bytes 1385 from <cd_bl...@hotmail.com> qp 27714 uid 0 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.945473 starting delivery 10: msg 142674511 to local nanofate.u...@nanofate.us May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.945502 status: local 1/10 remote 0/60 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.945518 warning: unable to stat mess/9/9 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.945531 warning: unable to stat mess/3/3 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.945546 warning: unable to stat mess/13/13 May 3 03:07:03 nanofate qmail: 1336000023.945559 warning: unable to stat mess/8/8 May 3 03:07:04 nanofate qmail: 1336000024.617415 warning: unable to stat mess/21/21 May 3 03:07:05 nanofate qmail: 1336000025.508587 warning: unable to stat mess/22/22 May 3 03:07:05 nanofate qmail: 1336000025.876071 warning: unable to stat mess/6/6 May 3 03:07:05 nanofate qmail: 1336000025.927003 warning: unable to stat mess/18/18 May 3 03:07:05 nanofate qmail: 1336000025.943867 warning: unable to stat mess/20/20 May 3 03:07:05 nanofate qmail: 1336000025.965421 warning: unable to stat mess/11/11 May 3 03:07:05 nanofate qmail: 1336000025.981071 warning: unable to stat mess/10/10 May 3 03:07:05 nanofate qmail: 1336000025.986292 warning: unable to stat mess/2/2 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.001581 warning: unable to stat mess/0/0 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.026589 warning: unable to stat mess/19/19 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.032288 warning: unable to stat mess/5/5 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.044130 warning: unable to stat mess/7/7 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.053075 warning: unable to stat mess/17/17 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.063087 warning: unable to stat mess/1/1 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.075012 warning: unable to stat mess/15/15 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.156921 warning: unable to stat mess/12/12 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.882570 warning: unable to stat mess/14/14 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.895672 warning: unable to stat mess/4/4 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.900550 warning: unable to stat mess/16/16 May 3 03:07:06 nanofate qmail: 1336000026.994569 warning: unable to stat mess/9/9 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.052632 warning: unable to stat mess/3/3 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.066380 warning: unable to stat mess/13/13 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.083732 warning: unable to stat mess/8/8 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.100545 warning: unable to stat mess/21/21 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.109735 warning: unable to stat mess/22/22 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.123859 warning: unable to stat mess/6/6 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.134544 warning: unable to stat mess/18/18 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.137171 warning: unable to stat mess/20/20 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.144549 warning: unable to stat mess/11/11 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.156179 warning: unable to stat mess/10/10 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.170765 warning: unable to stat mess/2/2 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.191070 warning: unable to stat mess/0/0 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.244561 warning: unable to stat mess/19/19 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.266708 warning: unable to stat mess/5/5 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.377792 warning: unable to stat mess/7/7 May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.385268 delivery 10: deferral: Sorry,_message_has_wrong_owner._(#4.3.5)/ May 3 03:07:07 nanofate qmail: 1336000027.402026 status: local 0/10 remote 0/60 May 3 03:07:10 nanofate vpopmail[27753]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not found t...@nanofate.us:222.218.130.138 May 3 03:07:15 nanofate vpopmail[27772]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not found t...@nanofate.us:220.199.70.244 smtp.log (I think this looks normal now...?): 1335997754 2012-May-03 02:29 __lxlabs_marker CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <cd_bl...@hotmail.com::> remote <:blu0-omc1-s15.blu0.hotmail.com:65.55.116.26> rcpt <a...@nanofate.us> : found existing recipient CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <lax...@163.com::> remote <m12-72.163.com: mx.mail.163.split.netease.com:220.181.12.72> rcpt <t...@nanofate.us> : found existing recipient 1335998054 2012-May-03 02:34 __lxlabs_marker 1335998186 2012-May-03 02:36 __lxlabs_marker 1335998486 2012-May-03 02:41 __lxlabs_marker 1335998786 2012-May-03 02:46 __lxlabs_marker 1335999086 2012-May-03 02:51 __lxlabs_marker CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <fdjy...@163.com::> remote <:m12-51.163.com:220.181.12.51> rcpt <t...@nanofate.us> : found existing recipient 1335999386 2012-May-03 02:56 __lxlabs_marker 1335999686 2012-May-03 03:01 __lxlabs_marker CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <bph...@gmail.com::> remote <:mail-ob0-f175.google.com:209.85.214.175> rcpt <a...@nanofate.us> : found existing recipient 1335999987 2012-May-03 03:06 __lxlabs_marker CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <cd_bl...@hotmail.com::> remote <:blu0-omc1-s24.blu0.hotmail.com:65.55.116.35> rcpt <a...@nanofate.us> : found existing recipient Regards. On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: > On 05/02/2012 02:02 PM, Haru wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm running a website in a vps that has installed Kloxo with >> qmailtoaster. We were having some problems with our mails being reported >> as spam, and when I logged into our control panel to check this noticed >> that we had thousands of mails in our mail queue (that apparently were >> being sent from a test account that I made with a "test" password... bad >> idea). I tried deleting the queue from the Kloxo interface, but it was >> pointless since I could only delete about 320 mails by step, so without >> much thinking I deleted the /var/qmail/queue folder. After that I >> noticed that the mail queue list was indeed empty now, but that I >> couldn't send or receive mails. >> > > Ouch. Bad idea all right. > > > I ran this script to rebuild the subdirectories that I deleted by >> mistake >> http://support.godaddy.com/**help/246/how-do-i-rebuild-** >> qmails-queue-if-it-is-damaged-**or-consists-of-a-lot-of-spam-**messages<http://support.godaddy.com/help/246/how-do-i-rebuild-qmails-queue-if-it-is-damaged-or-consists-of-a-lot-of-spam-messages> >> but after restating the server or changing everything to 777 nothing >> seems to work. I have been trying to solve this problem searching online >> for about 3 hours without any progress, so I'm recurring to this mailing >> list as my last hope. >> > > The qmailtoaster-plus package has a queue repair tool ( > http://qtp.qmailtoaster.com/**trac/wiki/Features#queue_**repair.py<http://qtp.qmailtoaster.com/trac/wiki/Features#queue_repair.py> > ). > I would give that a try. > > I deleted the logs after I deleted our queue, our current "smtp.log" >> file is full of lines like this from mail I'm trying to send to our >> website: >> CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <cd_bl...@hotmail.com::> remote >> <:blu0-omc1-s27.blu0.hotmail.**com:65.55.116.38> rcpt <a...@nanofate.us >> <mailto:a...@nanofate.us>> : found existing recipient >> >> qmail-smtpd: qq soft reject (qq trouble creating files in queue >> (#4.3.0)): MAILFROM:<cd_bl...@hotmail.com <mailto:cd_bl...@hotmail.com>> >> RCPTTO:a...@nanofate.us <mailto:rcptto%...@nanofate.us**> >> >> CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <cd_bl...@hotmail.com::> remote >> <:blu0-omc1-s11.blu0.hotmail.**com:65.55.116.22> rcpt <a...@nanofate.us >> <mailto:a...@nanofate.us>> : found existing recipient >> >> qmail-dk:[3290]: Dying due to write operation error (disk full?). >> qmail-smtpd: qq soft reject (qq write error or disk full (#4.3.0)): >> MAILFROM:<cd_bl...@hotmail.com <mailto:cd_bl...@hotmail.com>> >> RCPTTO:a...@nanofate.us <mailto:rcptto%...@nanofate.us**> >> >> CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <cd_bl...@hotmail.com::> remote >> <:blu0-omc1-s23.blu0.hotmail.**com:65.55.116.34> rcpt <a...@nanofate.us >> <mailto:a...@nanofate.us>> : found existing recipient >> >> qmail-smtpd: qq soft reject (qq trouble creating files in queue >> (#4.3.0)): MAILFROM:<cd_bl...@hotmail.com <mailto:cd_bl...@hotmail.com>> >> RCPTTO:a...@nanofate.us <mailto:rcptto%...@nanofate.us**> >> > > This appears to be normal, given the circumstance (queues are hosed). > > > "mailog" is filled with lines like this, I think they must be spam bots >> or something trying to send mail from the account I deleted: >> May 3 00:08:47 nanofate vpopmail[1760]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not >> found t...@nanofate.us:123.162.232.**100 >> May 3 00:08:48 nanofate qmail: 1335989328.011946 alert: cannot start: >> unable to open mutex >> May 3 00:10:02 nanofate vpopmail[3171]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not >> found t...@nanofate.us:110.52.6.56 >> May 3 00:10:08 nanofate vpopmail[3188]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not >> found t...@nanofate.us:110.52.6.56 >> May 3 00:10:10 nanofate vpopmail[3198]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not >> found t...@nanofate.us:219.159.197.**61 >> > > That appears to be correct. > > You might want to consider installing fail2ban. I think there are details > for doing this on the wiki. > > > Also, apparently we still have plenty of free space in our vps, so I >> think that shouldn't be the problem: >> df -h >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >> /dev/simfs 20G 6.4G 14G 32% / >> none 512M 4.0K 512M 1% /dev >> /dev/simfs 20G 6.4G 14G 32% /var/named/chroot/var/run/dbus >> >> >> Thanks in advance for your time. >> > > Certainly. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > --------------------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group ( > www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > --------------------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscribe@** > qmailtoaster.com <qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com> > For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-help@** > qmailtoaster.com <qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com> > > >
