Thanks a lot for your answer. The filesystem could be unavailable because it is located on NAS. I don't want my mails to be bounced if the NAS falls.
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 12:58 -0500, Victor Duchovni wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 02:57:17PM +0100, Mickael CANEVET wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like postfix to treat EX_CANTCREAT (73) as "temporary failure". > > > > I use this command to deliver my mails: > > > > mailbox_command = /usr/bin/formail -D 8192 ~/.msgid.cache > > -s /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver > > > > The problem is that if the filesystem containing home directories is not > > mounted, formail returns an EX_CANTCREAT error, which is a permanent > > exception for postfix (by default). > > > > Is it possible to tell postfix to not reject permanently this kind of > > error ? > > Wrap this command in a script that tests for this return code, and > returns EX_TEMPFAIL. > > Why would the file system not be mounted, and why would this condition > be temporary? Why is Postfix running when the system is not fully > functional? Is this a good system design? >
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