Postfix error: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 7529 exit status 1
May 14 11:33:30 localhost postfix/master[7498]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 7529 exit status 1
May 14 11:33:30 localhost postfix/master[7498]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling When I tail the mail.log file, I notice these errors. I think this is the reason why I am unable to receive mail as the receiver SMTP is unable to respond to the sender. How do I fix this error? Thanks in advance. |
Look a few lines earlier in the log for the cause.
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I have the same problem on a Mandriva 2007.0, the /var/log/mail/warnings shows those messages. There is nothing else in the log, but these messeges for every smtp connection is established:
Sep 15 14:31:43 bahn postfix/master[20118]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 20301 exit status 1 Sep 15 14:31:43 bahn postfix/master[20118]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Sep 15 14:34:33 bahn postfix/master[20581]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 20588 exit status 1 Sep 15 14:34:33 bahn postfix/master[20581]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling SMTP connection then dies instantly with no other messages. Sending/Receiving mail between local users is OK. Sending mail to external mail adresses (ex. abcde@gmail.com) is OK. Receiving mail from any external sourse is impossible, becouse stmp connection dies. |
smtpd is only responsible to receive email, so it won't affect you sending out email.
don't know what make your smtpd exit but I suggest you check your config file or change log level for more details |
If there is nothing else in the logs, then the mail error logs might be in a different file. Take a look at /etc/syslog.conf and try to find a line like:
Code:
mail.err /var/log/something Code:
*.err /var/log/something Code:
egrep -r '(error|fatal|panic):' /var/log |
I found the problem !!!!!!!!
There was an error in one of the IP-s for the "my_networks" variable in main.cf Thanks. Error was logged in /var/log/mail/errors ... :) |
Congratulations. Good job!
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RE: My fix
I fixed this problem as follows.
from the command prompt, Code:
sudo nano /etc/postfix/main.cf Code:
mynetworks = 192.168.0.0/16 You can get more info for Postfix on Ubuntu here >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix I skipped the "Configure Postfix to do SMTP AUTH using SASL (saslauthd):" part for my setup as I will only be allowing internal connections to my mail server and I am using Fetchmail. R |
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