On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:48:42 -0500 (EST), Wietse Venema stated:

> Postfix User:
> > Thank you. The files were 0 length, so I just deleted them.
> > 
> > -rwx------   1 postfix  wheel     0B 2015-02-26 06:04:05 EST
> > 3ktB2X6JxNz3DljZ* -rwx------   1 postfix  wheel     0B 2015-02-26
> > 09:02:41 EST 3ktG0Z1PCPz3DlXm*
> 
> Did you have multiple power failures, one at 06:04 and one at 09:02?
> 
> Postfix sets the execute bit and fsync()s the file. Only after
> fsync() returns successfully Postfix sends a "I've got the message"
> reply to the sender, so that the sender can delete its copy.
> 
> The above output suggests a system crash before fsync() completed.
> 
> But these files have time stamps spaced three hours apart. Did you
> have multiple power failures?
> 
>       Wietse


Yes, I did. The UPS apparently never kicked in. I have always had problems
getting them to work on a FreeBSD system. One of these days I hope to get it
working correctly.

-- 
Jerry

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