thanks for the help, I myself think it is a flacky main.cf but I can not find where the problem is, Is sysconfig good to use? #% egrep '(warning|error|fatal|panic):' /some/log/file | more A small sample of the log file: Dec 10 15:12:20 mail amavis[7557]: (07557-07) warning - MIME::Parser error: unexpected end of preamble Dec 10 15:17:07 mail postfix/smtpd[7568]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 147.202.38.253: address not listed for hostname vertexhost.com Dec 10 15:17:58 mail postfix/smtpd[7818]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 69.6.66.235: address not listed for hostname m7.bigposition.com Dec 10 15:20:51 mail postfix/smtpd[7818]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 65.17.116.9: address not listed for hostname archie.mmcity.net Dec 10 15:21:08 mail postfix/smtpd[7818]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 66.63.165.62: hostname mx9.numberrest.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:22:12 mail postfix/smtpd[7568]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 209.172.104.131: hostname mail.regpage.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:22:13 mail postfix/smtpd[7818]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 66.63.174.184: hostname mx1.reversebreathless.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:22:48 mail postfix/smtpd[8048]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 69.6.66.235: address not listed for hostname m7.bigposition.com Dec 10 15:27:14 mail postfix/smtpd[7568]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 202.180.87.216: hostname p216.pool-87.cpiak1-l1.callplus.net.nz verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:28:55 mail postfix/smtpd[8048]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 66.63.174.205: hostname mx8.mercyamount.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:28:55 mail postfix/smtpd[8048]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 66.63.174.200: hostname mx3.mercyamount.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:28:55 mail postfix/smtpd[8048]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 66.63.174.205: hostname mx8.mercyamount.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:28:58 mail postfix/smtpd[8048]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 200.12.44.90: hostname ip-44-90.guate.net.gt verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:29:01 mail postfix/smtpd[8048]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 66.63.174.199: hostname mx2.mercyamount.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:29:12 mail postfix/smtpd[8048]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 69.6.66.235: address not listed for hostname m7.bigposition.com Dec 10 15:32:55 mail postfix/smtpd[8449]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 67.131.19.226: hostname 67-131-19-226.dia.cust.qwest.net verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:34:19 mail postfix/smtpd[8530]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 213.37.24.208: hostname 208.red-213-37-24.user.auna.net verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:35:49 mail postfix/smtpd[8449]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 208.210.222.116: hostname net.fla.lrp.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:39:23 mail postfix/smtpd[8530]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 66.63.165.49: hostname mx8.indoorstv.com verification failed: Name or service not known Dec 10 15:39:23 mail postfix/smtpd[8530]: warning: smtpd_peer_init: 164.42.133.94: hostname host133-94.inter.edu verification failed: Name or service not known At 04:40 PM 12/10/2004, Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:
Fri, 10 Dec 2004, by suse-list@justsuse.com:
Postfix only works for a few minutes. that is Mail is recieved for a short time and then Postfix stops recieving. restarting Postfix just does the same thing.
This is a SLES 9 installation running the latest Postfix, amavisd and Spamassassin. I have no clue where to start looking at this problem. During this time qpopper still works.
The logs would be a good place to start. Postfix doesn't just stop for the heck of it. http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html #Look for obvious signs of trouble
#Postfix logs all failed and successful deliveries to a logfile. The #file is usually called /var/log/maillog or /var/log/mail; the exact #pathname is defined in the /etc/syslog.conf file.
#When Postfix does not receive or deliver mail, the first order of #business is to look for errors that prevent Postfix from working #properly:
#% egrep '(warning|error|fatal|panic):' /some/log/file | more
#Note: the most important message is near the BEGINNING of the #output. Error messages that come later are less useful.
Usually it's something like flaky hardware, full disk(s) or a borked *.cf file. Qpopper of course has nothing to do with this.
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