Setting <message_size_limit = 10240000> mayhaps??? On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 13:35 +0300, Lule George William wrote: > Dear all, > Since I deployed my postfix server two weeks ago (after getting rid of good > ol' sendmail), it has two problems that I have failed to sort out. > 1. From the time it got online, my uplink usage shot straight up to 100%!! > Before it used to hover between 40-70%. After monitoring it for a few days > and determining that this wasn't due to increased activity from my users, I > throttled it at the gateway. However, I am still interested to know why it > did it that way. > 2. It has refused to send mails with attachments beyond 1 MB to any > destination. > Machine is running SuSE Linux 9.3. Some more info > ================================================================= > postmaster1:~ # uname -a > Linux postmaster1 2.6.11.4-20a-default #1 Wed Mar 23 21:52:37 UTC 2005 i686 > i686 i386 GNU/Linux > ================================================================== > > An example of an entry from /var/log/mail > ================================================================== > Nov 14 06:03:18 postmaster1 postfix/smtp[5968]: E5CAE77F1D: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=mx2.mail.yahoo.com[67.28.114.35], delay=386525, > status=deferred (conversation with mx2.mail.yahoo.com[67.28.114.35] timed out > while sending message body) > Nov 14 06:03:24 postmaster1 postfix/smtp[5950]: 65B251CB31: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=mx2.mail.ukl.yahoo.com[217.12.11.64], > delay=239985, status=deferred (lost connection with > mx2.mail.ukl.yahoo.com[217.12.11.64] while sending message body) > Nov 14 06:04:00 postmaster1 postfix/smtp[5957]: AC41378495: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, orig_to=<xxxxx>, > relay=gsmtp83.google.com[66.249.83.27], delay=217864, status=deferred > (conversation with gsmtp83.google.com[66.249.83.27] timed out while sending > message body) > Nov 14 06:04:07 postmaster1 postfix/smtp[5934]: 2DF1C44A11: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=mx2.mail.yahoo.com[67.28.114.35], delay=216324, > status=deferred (lost connection with mx2.mail.yahoo.com[67.28.114.35] while > sending message body) > Nov 14 06:04:08 postmaster1 postfix/smtp[5504]: F06337809D: to=<[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>, > relay=mx12.un.org[157.150.184.102], delay=250343, status=deferred > (conversation with mx12.un.org[157.150.184.102] timed out while sending > message body) > Nov 14 06:04:22 postmaster1 postfix/smtp[5955]: 92F7F781C1: to=<[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>, > relay=in1.smtp.messagingengine.com[66.111.4.71], delay=418224, > status=deferred (conversation with in1.smtp.messagingengine.com[66.111.4.71] > timed out while sending message body) > =================================================================== > > And the output of postconf > ===================================================================== > postmaster1:~ # postconf -n > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases > biff = no > canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/canonical > command_directory = /usr/sbin > config_directory = /etc/postfix > daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix > debug_peer_level = 2 > defer_transports = > disable_dns_lookups = no > header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks > html_directory = /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix/html > inet_interfaces = 127.0.0.1 172.16.22.30 ::1 > inet_protocols = all > mail_owner = postfix > mail_spool_directory = /var/mail > mailbox_command = > mailbox_size_limit = 0 > mailbox_transport = > mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq > manpage_directory = /usr/share/man > masquerade_classes = envelope_sender, header_sender, header_recipient > masquerade_domains = > masquerade_exceptions = root > message_size_limit = 10240000 > mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, localhost.$mydomain > mydomain = umu.ac.ug > myhostname = postmaster1.umu.ac.ug > mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 > myorigin = umu.ac.ug > newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases > queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix > readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix/README_FILES > relayhost = > relocated_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/relocated > sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix/samples > sender_canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sender_canonical > sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail > setgid_group = maildrop > smtp_sasl_auth_enable = no > smtp_use_tls = no > smtpd_client_restrictions = > smtpd_helo_required = no > smtpd_helo_restrictions = > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination > smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = no > smtpd_sender_restrictions = hash:/etc/postfix/access > smtpd_use_tls = no > strict_rfc821_envelopes = no > transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport > unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 > ================================================================================== > I've googled and there are a number of references to this problem, but non > has > helped me. > Sorry for the long post. I will appreciate any help thrown my way. > Thank you all.
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