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SuSe + Postfix ... lagged

Hello,

my problem is that the mailserver on my system isn't sending messages any more and as I can see it is lagged because of many mail queues.

/var/log/mail is showing many messages like:
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Oct 29 01:51:23 myserver postfix/smtp[1476]: connect to angelfire.com[209.202.218.12]: Connection timed out (port 25)
Oct 29 01:51:23 myserver postfix/smtp[1476]: 87CD7490B7A: to=<earlnjoy@angelfire.com>, relay=none, delay=182366, status=deferred (...
Oct 29 01:51:23 myserver postfix/qmgr[1331]: 8DD4A492478: to=<dominicl@angelfire.com>, relay=none, delay=182037, status=deferred (...
Oct 29 01:51:24 myserver postfix/qmgr[1331]: 87D414945E9: to=<p.argo@angelfire.com>, relay=none, delay=179369, status=deferred (co...
Oct 29 01:51:24 myserver postfix/qmgr[1331]: CEC1E49D061: from=<wwwrun@myserver.mydomain.com>, size=6270, nrcpt=1 (queue active)...
Oct 29 01:51:24 myserver postfix/qmgr[1331]: DEFAD494934: from=<wwwrun@myserver.mydomain.com>, size=2377, nrcpt=1 (queue active)..
Oct 29 01:51:24 myserver postfix/qmgr[1331]: CE18449D2D2: from=<wwwrun@myserver.mydomain.com>, size=6272, nrcpt=1 (queue active)..
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Otherwise "relay" is activated for security reasons and without AUTH nobody can send anything here.

Does anybody has an idea why this mailserver is doing so and how could I solve this problem?!

BlueJ

grblades

So 'mailq' shows many mails stuck in the queue?

You are relaying all email to a specific mail server?
What server are you using? Is it the angelfire.com mnetioned in the log above?

BlueJ

ASKER

Hello grblades,

With relaying, I meant the SMTP-auth.
I don't have any relay domains or relay hosts configured in main.cf

The restrictions configuration looks like:
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smtpd_sender_restrictions = hash:/etc/postfix/access
smtpd_client_restrictions =
strict_rfc821_envelopes = no
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination
...
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
...
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My server doesn't has anything with "angelfire.com" to do, it was just an example found in the logfile. They can be found many other hosts.

But what I notice that the most mails seems to be send with apache:
"Oct 30 01:04:54 p15125488 postfix/qmgr[23250]: 7447D492807: from=<wwwrun@myserver.mydomain.com>, size=6270, nrcpt=1 (queue active)"

Am I right ?

grblades

Can you post the output of the 'mailq' command as this should show the reason why the emails were deferred.

BlueJ

ASKER

I had to delete all my mails in queue because the postfix server was nearly stoned. They were over 300,000 mails in queue.

Now I have nothing in queue but the webserver-user "wwwrun" is still sending suspicious mails:

Nov 1 19:22:06 myserver postfix/pickup[31560]: 6969D49004C: uid=30 from=<wwwrun>
Nov 1 19:22:06 myserver postfix/cleanup[31765]: 6969D49004C: message-id=<20041101182206.6969D49004C@myserver.mydomain.com>
Nov 1 19:22:06 myserver postfix/qmgr[31561]: 209F8490041: skipped, still being delivered
Nov 1 19:22:06 myserver postfix/qmgr[31561]: 3E859490045: from=<admin@staffadministrator.com>, size=3316, nrcpt=2 (queue active)
Nov 1 19:22:06 myserver postfix/qmgr[31561]: 6969D49004C: from=<wwwrun@myserver.mydomain.com>, size=625, nrcpt=1 (queue active)

In the apache logfiles is nothing unusual.

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BlueJ

ASKER

Sorry for the late answer grblades, after I did a forced "flush" of the mailqueue the situation became normal.

Thanx