I have the Postfix parameter 'bounce_queue_lifetime' configured in
'main.cf' to 1 day. This I assume tells Postfix to only attempt to
deliver a message stuck in the queue for whatever reason for 24 hours
(1 day) before it is considered "undeliverable" and returned to
sender, right? I want to make sure I have a correct understanding of
this parameter...
In my Postconf -n listed below, you will see it is configured for 1d
however I have been showing the same message stuck in my queue for
almost 5 days. I am 100% sure the user is not re-submitting mail to
the invalid domain after they get undeliverable notifications. Am I
doing something wrong? You can see below that Postfix tagged this
message date on 4/22/2010 & today is 4/27/2010.
-Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient-------
9AC0B778468 239191 Thu Apr 22 11:16:54 car...@iamghost.com
(Host or domain name not found. Name service error for
name=tehnews.com type=MX: Host not found, try again)
d...@tehnews.com
**Postconf Begin**
address_verify_sender = $double_bounce_sender
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/etc/mailman/aliases
bounce_queue_lifetime = 1d
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = amavisfeed:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
home_mailbox = mail/
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
mail_owner = postfix
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
message_size_limit = 20480000
mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, mail.$mydomain
mydomain = iamghost.com
myhostname = mail.iamghost.com
mynetworks = $config_directory/mynetworks
myorigin = $mydomain
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
recipient_delimiter = +
relay_domains =
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
setgid_group = postdrop
smtp_tls_security_level = may
smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining
smtpd_delay_reject = yes
smtpd_helo_required = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination,
reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain,
reject_non
_fqdn_helo_hostname, reject_invalid_helo_hostname,
check_policy_service unix:postgrey/socket,
reject_unlisted_recipient, check_sender_access
hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access,
check_helo_access pcre:/etc/postfix/helo_checks.pcre,
check_client_access hash:/etc/postfix/client_access,
reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop
.net
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_non_fqdn_sender,
reject_unknown_sender_domain,
reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/intermediate.crt
smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /cert/pub/mail.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file = /cert/priv/mail.key
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 2
smtpd_tls_security_level = may
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:/var/spool/postfix/smtpd_tls_cache
**End Postconf**
