Wouter van Marle:
> Hi list,
>
> I am trying to run a second instance of postfix for a separate queue
> (see my thread "Prioritising outgoing mail" for why). I have followed
> information on the Internet but still can't get it running.
>
> I have set up a second instance with a second IP and separate config and
> spool directories, but am stuck with the /var/lib/postfix/master.lock
> file. I can not find where I can change this, so the second instance can
> create it's own lockfile e.g. /var/lib/postfix/master2.lock
> or /var/lib/postfix2/master.lock. All the tutorials/howtos I have found
> on the net completely ignore this issue.
>
> The /var/spool/postfix2/pid/master.pid file is created. Spool dirs and
> so are all in place.
Every Postfix instance must have its own config_directory,
queue_directory AND DATA_DIRECTORY.
Postfix 2.6 has multi-instance support built-in. It will be
released once I have time to clean up the documentation.
Wietse
