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