Well, post fix tries, but cannot connect. Sounds to me like problem at the receiving side. In any case, one question would be: is amavis part of dovecot or of postfix?
sytse -- ------------------------------------------ - Sytse Kuijk - ___ - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ - 2000 Antwerpen - - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o - E-mail: sy...@pobox.com - \_____(.)_____/ ------------------------------------------ iThink therefore iMac > On 28 nov. 2015, at 22:24, Edgar Pettifogging <ed...@pettijohn-web.com> wrote: > > This should probably move to postfix list. Doesn't look like dovecot gets a > chance to deliver. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 28, 2015, at 11:34 AM, Sytse Kuijk <sy...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> Well, I tried that. I can connect a telnet session on that port and that >> does not refuse the connection, it sits there waiting, but I do not know the >> protocol so I cannot check if it does what it is supposed to. >> >> I also checked who is listening on that port, here is the dialog: >> >> sh-3.2# sudo lsof -i -n -P | grep 10024 >> perl5.18 75844 _amavisd 5u IPv4 0x866f6119e39f833d 0t0 >> TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN) >> perl5.18 75844 _amavisd 6u IPv6 0x866f6119e03f253d 0t0 >> TCP [::1]:10024 (LISTEN) >> >> looks sort of correct to me… >> >> sytse >> >> -- >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> - Sytse Kuijk - ___ >> - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o >> - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ >> - 2000 Antwerpen - >> - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ >> - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o >> - E-mail: sy...@pobox.com - \_____(.)_____/ >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> iThink therefore iMac >> >>> On 28 nov. 2015, at 18:31, Edgar Pettifogging <ed...@pettijohn-web.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I would bet that whatever is listening at 127.0.0.1 port 10024 didn't get >>> restarted when the power came back on. Amavis perhaps or another proxy >>> server of some sort. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Nov 28, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Sytse Kuijk <sy...@pobox.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Hope someone has been here and done that before. >>>> I am running a Mac mini with OSX server version 10.5, that is on El >>>> Capitan, but the problem I have started on Yosemite (the previous version) >>>> and did not change at all in the upgrade (I had hoped it would have solved >>>> itself). >>>> >>>> As you might know, OSX server uses postfix and dovecot as mailing engines, >>>> good choice. >>>> Since we suffered a short power outage a little over a week ago, the mail >>>> has failed in delivering messages to the local mailboxes. >>>> We can send mail out, check the mailboxes (they never change right >>>> now),etc. but incoming mail was first just not delivered and after a week >>>> warning are sent back to the senders, telling there is a temporary problem >>>> (hope that this message is right and I can solve the issue). >>>> >>>> What seems to go wrong is that postfix cannot connect to the local MTA. >>>> The error message that appears in several places is: >>>> >>>> recipient=ann.co...@surikata.be >>>> offset=769 >>>> dsn_orig_rcpt=rfc822;ann.co...@surikata.be >>>> status=4.4.1 >>>> action=delayed >>>> reason=delivery temporarily suspended: connect to >>>> 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused >>>> >>>> I find all sorts of explanations and cures, but none work up to now. >>>> I tried to find lock files that might be blocking, deleted some files >>>> ending in lck with zero size, with no result. >>>> I tried to switch off the spam/virus/junk features, no difference (some >>>> mail said that messages in the queue will not get through, but new ones >>>> would. Not so, not a single message up to now). >>>> I also get alerts in the Server application, warning that: >>>> >>>> An unassigned mail directory has been detected and is scheduled to be >>>> deleted. >>>> >>>> The unassigned mail directory located in: >>>> /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/702C16A8-6B2D-42D8-9362-659DD2949AFC >>>> is not associated with any user account and is scheduled to be deleted in >>>> 1 days. >>>> >>>> In the mean time no mail, and unfortunately, we need it badly. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Million thanks for your kind support. >>>> >>>> sytse >>>> -- >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> - Sytse Kuijk - ___ >>>> - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o >>>> - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ >>>> - 2000 Antwerpen - >>>> - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ >>>> - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o >>>> - E-mail: sy...@pobox.com <mailto:sy...@pobox.com> - >>>> \_____(.)_____/ >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> iThink therefore iMac