From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 05:43:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A9D416A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 05:43:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B0743D55 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 05:43:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i4LCh1JE086546 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 21 May 2004 13:43:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i4LCh1jG086545; Fri, 21 May 2004 13:43:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 13:43:01 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Edd Message-ID: <20040521124301.GG31695@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Edd , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200405211226.i4LCQQA30815@server1.web-mania.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cyV/sMl4KAhiehtf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200405211226.i4LCQQA30815@server1.web-mania.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040504, clamav-milter version 0.70u X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix being stubborn X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:43:18 -0000 --cyV/sMl4KAhiehtf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 01:26:26PM +0100, Edd wrote: >=20 > Hi there, > I have installed and used postfix many a time with minimal fuss, but this > time for some reasona all of my mail just gets stuck: >=20 > hitbox# mailq > -Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient------- > E76C639821* 331 Fri May 21 13:20:15 root@hitbox.monsternet.lan > edd@hitbox.monsternet.lan >=20 > 5C0D339824* 334 Fri May 21 13:20:32 root@hitbox.monsternet.lan > edd@localhost.monsternet.lan >=20 > It will quite happily do this all day. The daemon is running. I have > tried deinstalling and removing all configuration files and the postfix > user and recompiling. Still no luck. Also postix is enabled in > /etc/mail/mailer.conf. Im going insane! why oh why?! Postfix should log the reason why it can't deliver thos e-mails -- what is there in /var/log/maillog ? You should also be able to use 'mailq -v' (as root) to get a bit more detail about the state of the queue files. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --cyV/sMl4KAhiehtf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFArflViD657aJF7eIRAg0LAKCs/qmUzlFxp6Bu+ffCBWCVogyEeQCfW2ka 5IgpS2JIHLz/Pd2yV1pJRfU= =STRp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cyV/sMl4KAhiehtf--