Possibly you should ask some dovecot people. The loglines you provided, show processname "dovecot", not postfix.
Willi Am 06.04.2017 um 17:54 schrieb Robert Moskowitz: > It seems postfix is impatient with connecting with mysql, as I see in > maillog entries like: > > Apr 6 11:48:30 z9m9z dovecot: dict: Error: mysql(localhost): Connect > failed to database (postfix): Can't connect to local MySQL server > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) - waiting for 5 seconds > before retry > Apr 6 11:48:35 z9m9z dovecot: dict: Error: mysql(localhost): Connect > failed to database (postfix): Can't connect to local MySQL server > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) - waiting for 25 seconds > before retry > > I suspect it does connect eventually. This is a test system with only > 1GB of memory and free reports: > > total used free shared buff/cache > available > Mem: 1025484 696344 24556 21528 304584 251552 > Swap: 524284 92168 432116 > > > The production box has 2GB, so if the problem is mysql is swapping out, > that will be 'fixed', if it is processor, well this is an ARMv7 duo > core, as is the production box. I am considering buying the new quad core. > > Is there anything I can do to get postfix more patient with mysql, or > just ignore there messages? > > thank you > > >
