On 10/18/2018 6:26 AM, das mouse wrote: > Hi > > I run Postfix 3.1 on a Ubuntu 16lts box. Postfix' config on this > machine is very very simple, not more than a local relay. > > As weird as it sounds none of the queue managing commands seem to do > anything: postfix flush, postqueue -f, postsuper -h ALL, postsuper > -H ALL. Increasing verbosity levels (-v) does not really help. > > Back in the days of Postfix 2.2 I remember I could use postsuper -h > ALL to put the Postfix queue on hold. Arriving emails would be held > back. With postsuper -H ALL I would release everything. Same with > postfix flush. If I read them correctly this is also what the > current man pages tell. > > On this machine, however, I must put emails on hold using > configuration in main.cf <http://main.cf>: > > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = > check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/hold > > with /etc/postfix/hold: > mydomain.com <http://mydomain.com> HOLD > > and release the held back emails with postsuper -r [queueid]. > The cli queue commands neither hold emails nor do they flush the queues. > > If somebody could point me in the right direction? Am I missing > something? > > Thank you > philipp >
This is a very odd problem. I'm guessing either a corrupted filesystem or some security software interfering with file access. I think it's unlikely this is a problem with postfix itself. -- Noel Jones