> At the moment, I'm actually investigating what another subscriber mentioned -- > loss of sync on the socket as Postfix sends the message. To resolve this, > I've > turned off its lmtp connection cache. I won't know if this is actually a > sufficient fix for probably another week or so since the problem was so > random.
Well it's been a couple of weeks here and the problem has apparently not gone away. In this case, "odduser" receives mail intended for "recipient" sent from "sender." Log entries: Jan 19 14:31:56 postal-b postfix/smtpd[26728]: connect from unknown[168.91.5.15] Jan 19 14:31:56 postal-b postfix/smtpd[26728]: BB3BD92B9: client=unknown[168.91.5 .15] Jan 19 14:31:56 postal-b postfix/cleanup[5763]: BB3BD92B9: message-id=<F43351F94C [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jan 19 14:31:56 postal-b postfix/qmgr[26568]: BB3BD92B9: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED] du>, size=6396, nrcpt=2 (queue active) Jan 19 14:32:02 postal-b postfix/smtp[4457]: BB3BD92B9: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED] du>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=6, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=05631-02, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 Ok: queued as 3D18992FA) Jan 19 14:32:02 postal-b amavis[5631]: (05631-02) Passed CLEAN, [168.91.5.15] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>, Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , mail_id: OUokavILZ-XV, Hits: -104.249, 5497 ms Jan 19 14:32:02 postal-b postfix/smtp[4457]: BB3BD92B9: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=6, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=056 31-02, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 Ok: queued as 3D18992FA) Jan 19 14:32:02 postal-b postfix/qmgr[26568]: BB3BD92B9: removed Jan 19 14:32:02 postal-b postfix/lmtp[30514]: 3D18992FA: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED] edu>, relay=/var/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/imap/socket/lmtp], delay=0, status=sent (2 50 2.1.5 Ok) (The MTA on 127.0.0.1 is amavisd-new.) So [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets the message on LMTP but it ends up in odduser's mailbox: Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from postal.ivytech.edu ([unix socket]) by postal-b (Cyrus v2.2.12) with LMTPA; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:32:02 -0500 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by postal.ivytech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D18992FA; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:32:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from postal.ivytech.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (postal.ivytech.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05631-02; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:31:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from frack.centraloffice.ad.ivytech.edu (unknown [168.91.5.15]) by postal.ivytech.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id BB3BD92B9; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:31:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from lafxchng.laf.ad.ivytech.edu ([172.18.247.233]) by frack.centralof Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:31:01 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C61D2E.FF911317" Subject: CIS 102 Internet Class: NOTICE Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:31:51 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: CIS 102 Internet Class: NOTICE Thread-Index: AcYdLwDZrDpYZYnKTTKWWKwROqLGpg== From: "Sender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jan 2006 19:31:01.0272 (UTC) FILETIME=[E1540980:01C61D X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at postal.ivytech.edu (We're talking postfix-2.1.5 with "lmtp_cache_connection = no", cyrus 2.2.12) How can this be? Is there any way to find out what lmtpd's doing with the transaction? Thanks, John -- John Madden Sr. UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html