Hi, I found there're quite a lot of cleanup processes running and found that the incoming mails are still being spooled to /var/spool/postfix/incoming which started hours ago.
May I ask why the spooling is taking so long? Is it the network? Thanks. [root@mailgate2 ~]# ps -ef|grep cleanup postfix 23351 5772 0 04:14 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23373 5772 0 04:29 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23414 5772 0 04:58 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23434 5772 0 05:13 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23449 5772 0 05:28 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23452 5772 0 05:29 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23455 5772 0 05:29 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23469 5772 0 05:43 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23473 5772 0 05:44 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23500 5772 0 06:13 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23502 5772 0 06:14 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23505 5772 0 06:28 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23533 5772 0 06:43 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23536 5772 0 06:44 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23544 5772 0 06:56 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23547 5772 0 06:59 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23561 5772 0 07:13 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23574 5772 0 07:28 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23595 5772 0 07:58 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23610 5772 0 08:07 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23658 5772 0 08:13 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23752 5772 0 08:22 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23794 5772 0 08:39 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23892 5772 0 08:48 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23906 5772 0 08:54 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23909 5772 0 08:55 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u postfix 23936 5772 0 09:07 ? 00:00:00 cleanup -z -t unix -u root 23974 23941 0 09:11 pts/3 00:00:00 grep cleanup [root@mailgate2 ~]# cd /var/spool/postfix/incoming/ [root@mailgate2 incoming]# ls -l total 190552 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 15269888 Jan 15 09:10 004207F3B -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 397312 Jan 15 09:10 0F00F7F0B -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 37597184 Jan 15 09:10 19CBC7F22 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 143360 Jan 15 09:09 1B4937F04 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 225280 Jan 15 09:10 1BE277F4A -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 540672 Jan 15 09:10 1CB727F38 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 606208 Jan 15 09:11 1E9917F39 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 577536 Jan 15 09:09 2CD407F0D -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 421888 Jan 15 09:09 34CE07F3F -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 12288 Jan 15 09:11 408007F48 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 454656 Jan 15 09:09 4188A7F44 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 483328 Jan 15 09:09 4A0CA7F40 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 6631424 Jan 15 09:11 6721F7F47 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 38785024 Jan 15 09:08 7C1807F2A -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 708608 Jan 15 09:09 802607F07 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 3760128 Jan 15 09:11 86FD67F0E -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 610304 Jan 15 09:09 9465B7F17 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 42983424 Jan 15 09:08 952BA7F1D -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 40480768 Jan 15 09:10 A27607F20 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 385024 Jan 15 09:10 A37077F15 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 585728 Jan 15 09:09 A5A3F7F24 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 356352 Jan 15 09:09 A9CBC7F46 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 716800 Jan 15 09:11 D43E67F0F -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 651264 Jan 15 09:11 D9CA37F1F -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 516096 Jan 15 09:09 EACE47F3A -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 487424 Jan 15 09:11 EBE027F42 -rw------- 1 postfix postfix 442368 Jan 15 09:11 EDED87F45 [root@mailgate2 incoming]# grep 004207F3B /var/log/maillog Jan 15 08:13:22 mailgate2 postfix/smtpd[23657]: 004207F3B: client=ttsenmta2.ttasia.com[210.17.183.8] Jan 15 08:13:23 mailgate2 postfix/cleanup[23658]: 004207F3B: message-id=<d6efe96423bcf64ca40571d8941518aa33119...@c15nt05ex.carters.com> [root@mailgate2 incoming]# grep 952BA7F1D /var/log/maillog Jan 15 05:28:20 mailgate2 postfix/smtpd[23448]: 952BA7F1D: client=ttsenmta2.ttasia.com[210.17.183.8] Jan 15 05:28:21 mailgate2 postfix/cleanup[23449]: 952BA7F1D: message-id=<d6efe96423bcf64ca40571d8941518aa33119...@c15nt05ex.carters.com> [root@mailgate2 incoming]# grep EDED87F45 /var/log/maillog Jan 15 07:28:18 mailgate2 postfix/smtpd[23573]: EDED87F45: client=ttsenmta2.ttasia.com[210.17.183.8] Jan 15 07:28:20 mailgate2 postfix/cleanup[23574]: EDED87F45: message-id=<d6efe96423bcf64ca40571d8941518aa33119...@c15nt05ex.carters.com> Here's the postconf output: # postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 3 debug_peer_list = default_destination_concurrency_limit = 20 default_destination_recipient_limit = 100 disable_vrfy_command = yes html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.5.6-documentation/html local_destination_concurrency_limit = 5 local_recipient_maps = local_transport = error:local mail delivery is disabled on this machine mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man message_size_limit = 838860800 mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain mydomain = ss-intl.com myhostname = mailgate2.ss-intl.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 202.64.220.35, 202.64.220.53, 192.168.1.0/24 myorigin = $mydomain newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix notify_classes = bounce, policy, protocol queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.5.6-documentation/readme relay_domains = $mydestination relayhost = ss-intl.com.outbound10.ttasia.com sample_directory = /etc/postfix sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_hostname, reject_invalid_hostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_pipelining, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sender_restrictions = reject_non_fqdn_sender, permit strict_rfc821_envelopes = yes transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport unknown_address_reject_code = 550 unknown_hostname_reject_code = 550 unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 unverified_recipient_reject_code = 550 unverified_sender_reject_code = 550 Regards,Fred​
