Cannot flush mail queue - mail system is down

Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by gleidsonlm, Apr 8, 2013.

  1. gleidsonlm

    gleidsonlm New Member

    Postfix isn't sending messages, I got this error trying to queue:

    Code:
    # postqueue -vf
    postqueue: name_mask: all
    postqueue: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv4 addresses
    postqueue: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv6 addresses
    postqueue: fifo_trigger: open public/qmgr: cannot open file: No such device or address
    postqueue: fatal: Cannot flush mail queue - mail system is down
    
    I found two files with qmgr in name, but they look ok about user and file permissions.

    Code:
    # find / -iname qmgr -exec ls -la {} \;
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 postfix postfix 67520 2011-10-07 01:20 /usr/lib/postfix/qmgr
    prwxr-xr-x 1 postfix postdrop 0 2013-04-04 19:30 /var/spool/postfix/public/qmgr
    
    postfix check returns all good

    Code:
    # postfix -v check
    postfix: name_mask: all
    postfix: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv4 addresses
    postfix: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv6 addresses
    Enviroment:
    Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric
    Postfix 2.8.5-2~build1
    Installed with ISPConfig3 using Howtoforge server perfect setup.

    Mail Error Log:

    Code:
    Apr  8 12:28:11 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/smtpd[11567]: fatal: connect #11 to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused
    Apr  8 12:30:07 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/pickup[11740]: fatal: connect #11 to subsystem public/cleanup: Connection refused
    Apr  8 12:30:52 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/smtpd[11806]: fatal: connect #11 to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused
    Apr  8 15:30:53 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/postqueue[11976]: fatal: Cannot flush mail queue - mail system is down
    Apr  8 12:32:48 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/pickup[12030]: fatal: connect #11 to subsystem public/cleanup: Connection refused
    Apr  8 12:33:33 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/smtpd[12057]: fatal: connect #11 to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused
    Apr  8 15:33:37 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/postqueue[12392]: fatal: Cannot flush mail queue - mail system is down
    Apr  8 12:35:29 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/pickup[12396]: fatal: connect #11 to subsystem public/cleanup: Connection refused
    Apr  8 12:36:14 ip-10-252-142-252 postfix/smtpd[12472]: fatal: connect #11 to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused
    all services running, but postfix:

    Code:
    # service amavis status
     * amavisd is running
    # service clamav-daemon status
     * clamd is running
    # service postfix status
     * postfix is not running
    
    What should I looking for fix this?
     
    Last edited: Apr 8, 2013
  2. darinpeterson

    darinpeterson Member

    I'm not quite sure where to start with this one, so do you get any errors when you do:

    Code:
    /etc/init.d/postfix start
     
  3. gleidsonlm

    gleidsonlm New Member

    Thanks for awsering, but any erros showed:

    Code:
    # /etc/init.d/postfix start
     * Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix                                                                                                                                                        [ OK ]
    
    But when I seek for status:

    Code:
    # /etc/init.d/postfix status
     * postfix is not running
    End again, same error...

    Code:
    postqueue: name_mask: all
    postqueue: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv4 addresses
    postqueue: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv6 addresses
    postqueue: fifo_trigger: open public/qmgr: cannot open file: No such device or address
    postqueue: fatal: Cannot flush mail queue - mail system is down
    
     
  4. darinpeterson

    darinpeterson Member

    I'm sorry. I don't know. Hopefully someone else with more background with postfix will see this, and help.
     
  5. gleidsonlm

    gleidsonlm New Member

    I tried to "purge" all packages related and reinstall, but any effect.

    I just finish to look this post quoted at perfect server howto, but also any effect.
    http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showpost.php?p=265831&postcount=25

    Right now, I'm kind of scary about this... the queue sums up 10k messages and nothing I do can send them. If someone has a hint about what should I looking after, please tell me.
     
  6. Ovidiu

    Ovidiu Active Member

    any ideas about this part:

    Code:
    root@alfred:~# postfix -v check
    postfix: name_mask: ipv4
    postfix: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv4 addresses
     
  7. Jonathon Gilbert

    Jonathon Gilbert Member HowtoForge Supporter

    hi mate did you end up sorting this out?
     
  8. Taleman

    Taleman Well-Known Member HowtoForge Supporter

    @Jonathon Gilbert this thread is 8 years old, you should not hijack ancient threads. Better create new thread and descibe problem, it is possible this old thing has nothing to do with your current situation.
     

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