On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > Pete: >> Hi Users, >> >> I'm hoping this is an obvious fix, but I don't have too much >> experience with Postfix so before I change something, I want to ask >> the experts. >> >> I am receiving a SOFTBOUNCE status in my Postfix logs: >> >> Aug 10 08:21:22 MyServer postfix/local[28836]: 51FA9285F85: >> to=<jenkins-mybuild@MyServer>, relay=local, delay=248145, >> delays=248144/0.01/0/0.24, dsn=4.3.0, status=SOFTBOUNCE (Command died >> with status 3: "/usr/bin/wget -o /dev/null >> http://myserver:8080/job/mytest/build";) >> >> I have a Jenkins CI software instance running on the same server as >> Postfix. I want to "send Jenkins an email" when I want the build to >> fire, and it works beautifully. The build fires, no problem. The >> issue, I presume, is that the SOFTBOUNCE causes Postfix to attempt to > > Have you tried Postfix documentation? The soft_bounce parameter > in your main.cf file is documented at: > > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#soft_bounce > > As documented this requests that Postfix retries the command instead > of sending an error report to the sender. > >> deliver the message every hour and then five minutes after that, so >> now my build is running every hour and every sixty-five minutes. The >> message states "Command died with status 3" but when I run the command >> manually, I receive no sign of failure and the build is kicked off as >> it should. > > Apparently, there is a difference between running something by hand > and running it from a Postfix alias. One difference is that the > command runs with the permissions the "nobody" user; another > difference is that the process environment is different; for example, > the PATH setting is probably not the same as that of your personal > user account, which may cause some commands to fail. > > Command execution is documented at http://www.postfix.org/local.8.html; > look for the section "SYSTEM-WIDE AND USER-LEVEL ALIASING". > > Wietse
Wietse, Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I used the search from this page: http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html, which didn't produce any helpful results, but I think it's because I narrow-mindedly searched for softbounce, not soft_bounce. Good point about the differences in running the command from Postfix. I would guess there could be as well, but the trigger works so permissions and paths shouldn't be the issue, but I'll keep an open mind. I think it's how I configured the aliasing and I'll read through your documentation to try to get a better handle on it. Best, Pete
