>> Tait Grove wrote: >> I am having email delays that are over two hours long. I can not figure >> this out but `qshape` shows thousands of messages in the mail queue, but >> `mailq` says the that /var/spool/mqueue is empty. I have rebooted >> several times and flushed everything I can. Anymore ideas for me? >> >> >> >> -- Tait >> >> >>
> When faced with a clogged toilet, clear the blockage first, > then flush. Flushing the postfix queue without fixing the > underlying problem is unlikely to help, and will probably make > matters worse. ditto for rebooting. > > My first guess is that you're running the sendmail(TM) mailq > command rather than the postfix mailq command. Uninstall > sendmail to fix this, or try running "postqueue -p" > > My second guess is that your queue is clogged with thousands > of messages to unknown recipients that postfix is working hard > to return to the forged sender address. Accepting mail to > unknown recipients will bog down your server and turn you into > a backscatter source; your server will eventually be > blacklisted for this. Make sure your system does not accept > mail to undeliverable or invalid recipients. > For definite answers rather than guesses, please provide more > information; postconf -n, qshape, mailq, log entries of > delayed deliveries, etc. > http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail > -- > Noel Jones Wow, thanks for the notes... well here it goes.... >> postqueue -p Yeah, that showed a list of emails. The mailq is quiet now but it was VERY clogged earlier. >> Make sure your system does not accept >> mail to undeliverable or invalid recipients. How can I ensure that? Thanks a million... -- Tait
