Unknown (maildrop) error

[mooseman]

Hi,

Changed back the maildrop lines in the master.cf and ran:
chown -R vmail:vmail /var/vmail

I then restored the backup of my queues from earlier this afternoon.

My queue count is back up and rising.

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Dan

[troggie_0092]

I also have the same problem.

I did a apt-get upgrade, the server installled an "maildrop update" and ever since then the error messages such as "Unable to open mailbox" and "Permission denied, Unable to open mailbox".

Is there a permission file or access grant I need to set?

[mooseman]

How do we do a roll back?

[troggie_0092]

What if we booted with the old kernel (8.10), that should have the old config, wouldn't it?

Can't the people who released the maildrop update, patch it?
It just doesn't want to change to the /var/vmail directory

[troggie_0092]

I commented out :

#virtual_transport = maildrop

and emails were delivered by virtual

Hope this helps

[mooseman]

I presume you made that modification in the main.cf?.. I tried the same mod and restarted postfix and the queue is still stuck .

your queue is flowing now?

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Dan

[mooseman]

I also got the following error in the mail.err log:

postfix/virtual[3992]: fatal: main.cf configuration error: virtual_mailbox_limit is smaller than message_size_limit

any ideas?

[rforsythe]

See my other post here for the maildrop fix:
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...260#post218260

For the mailbox_size error, not sure when it started but I fixed it by commenting out this:

#message_size_limit = 0

And adding this:

message_size_limit = 10240000000
virtual_mailbox_limit = 0

I think the virtual_mailbox_limit has a default value that conflicts when not set.

[mooseman]

Man I wish I had seen that post earlier... I can't believe my earlier search didn't pick it up.. anyway..

I ran the three commands and BINGO Mail Queues Flushed and email delivered to the proper place!

SOLUTION:
aptitude install maildrop=2.0.4-3
postfix flush
aptitude hold maildrop


Thanks rforsythe!!

:-)

[jamesloker]

Thank you all for your help. I agree mooseman, why didn't that come up in the searches? that is the absolute trick!
School is back on track and receiving emails