* Richard Wurman <richardsaulwur...@gmail.com>: > I support a couple postfix servers that do a high volume of sending > mail (not "direct marketing" :) for billing, invoicing and account > update confirmations). On one machine, when the mailq is over 5000, > things seem to get "stuck" where I need to restart postfix. If I > don't, mail will pile up in the queue.
Restarting just exacerbates things, since the whole queue needs to be re-scanned. > The current hack is to page my phone, then I ssh and restart it. > Eventually I'll just cron it but it's annoying to figure out the root > cause. Postfix version is 2.2.7. Any clues will be much appreciated, > thanks. More analysis. What is actually happening? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de | http://www.charite.de