Re: location of queued mail
[please keep responses on the list] Sorry forgot to hit reply-all [please don't top-post] Whats this one? The command returned nothing at all? Don't type the "#". oops yeah I did... You'll have a pretty hard time using postfix or anything else on *nix if you're not familiar with the command shell. yes I know that is why I am beginning to think just forget it I just cant doanload a back up cuz I am locked at 768 kbps down, ugh! cable dont get installed til the 9th and I tried upgrading att to 6mb down, but takes 3-5 bus days, today is day twolol Gerry Campos -- Noel Jones
Re: location of queued mail
On 10/2/2009 11:14 AM, gc wrote: I tried that at root but nothing, is it somehwere else I issue that? [please keep responses on the list] [please don't top-post] The command returned nothing at all? Don't type the "#". You'll have a pretty hard time using postfix or anything else on *nix if you're not familiar with the command shell. -- Noel Jones
Re: location of queued mail
On 10/2/2009 11:02 AM, gc wrote: Charles, Sorry for not reading the guidelines, tired of looking for answers I was... I tried reading that debug but couldnt figure it out, I dont even know how to copy the output of postconf from ssh or any other way. Well anyways the support team at godaddy already went thru and tried to fix postfix, this is what they sent me: We have reviewed your server and were unfortunately able to return Postfix to a working state. I have attempted to restore the default configuration of Postfix, and have also rebuilt the transport database used by Postfix. We attempted to restore Postfix's settings but were unsuccessful. At this time we are recommending the server be reprovisioned. This will erase all of the data from your server and return it to a like new state. If you have any additional instructions or suggestions that you would like us to attempt before resorting to a reprovision please let us know and we will attempt to implement them So, since its toast, what I was merely asking, after saying what happened, was if someone could tell me how to copy and save what is in the mail queue. But first I need to know how to check and see if wnything is actually in the mail queue, how do i see/view? Thanks, Gerry PS I have been able to peek into the folders " /var/sppol/postfix/ " but nothing shows in the folders Sounds like a load of hooie. Perhaps if you follow the instructions here: http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail and show us what the problem is, someone can give a better answer than "reformat the server". To answer your question, you can type the command # postconf queue_directory to see where postfix stores UNDELIVERED mail. The "mailq" command will tell you if there is any undelivered mail. You can just copy everything there and restore it on a different server. -- Noel Jones
Re: location of queued mail
Charles, Sorry for not reading the guidelines, tired of looking for answers I was... I tried reading that debug but couldnt figure it out, I dont even know how to copy the output of postconf from ssh or any other way. Well anyways the support team at godaddy already went thru and tried to fix postfix, this is what they sent me: We have reviewed your server and were unfortunately able to return Postfix to a working state. I have attempted to restore the default configuration of Postfix, and have also rebuilt the transport database used by Postfix. We attempted to restore Postfix's settings but were unsuccessful. At this time we are recommending the server be reprovisioned. This will erase all of the data from your server and return it to a like new state. If you have any additional instructions or suggestions that you would like us to attempt before resorting to a reprovision please let us know and we will attempt to implement them So, since its toast, what I was merely asking, after saying what happened, was if someone could tell me how to copy and save what is in the mail queue. But first I need to know how to check and see if wnything is actually in the mail queue, how do i see/view? Thanks, Gerry PS I have been able to peek into the folders " /var/sppol/postfix/ " but nothing shows in the folders
Re: location of queued mail
On 10/2/2009 10:37 AM, gc wrote: Yes I see that is the directory where queued mail is at but "how" do I look at it, whats the command to view? http://www.postfix.org/postcat.1.html # postcat -q QUEUEID | more Lots of other interesting stuff at: http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html -- Noel Jones
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Yes I see that is the directory where queued mail is at but "how" do I look at it, whats the command to view? Thanks - Original Message - From: "Ivan Stepaniuk" To: Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:59 AM Subject: Re: location of queued mail gc wrote: ... the email that is in queue, I myself have to firgure out how to do it, but have spent practically all day trying to locate it ... Check the 'qshape' and 'mailq' commands. Queued mail is usually stored inside /var/spool/postfix. -- Iván Stepaniuk Alba Fotónica S.L. http://www.albafotonica.com
Re: location of queued mail
gc: > Hey all, > > First post, if it makes it off the server... > > Had a problem where I couldnt send nor receive mail, it happened > all of a sudden for me after I moved into my fathers house. I > thought it could be a dsl problem, as I came from cable. It happened > to nbe first that att.com was blocking my outgoing, on port 25, > so support (dedicated) had me edit some postfix conf's and add an > alternate port of 2525. Postfix logs all connections and deliveries. When something isn't working please report the error messages. Wietse http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#logging
Re: location of queued mail
On 10/2/2009, Charles Marcus (cmar...@media-brokers.com) wrote: > So, just set to whatever AT&T tells you Obviously that should have read "So, just set relayhost to whatever AT&T tells you..."
Re: location of queued mail
gc wrote: > ... the email that is in queue, I myself have to firgure out how to do it, > but have spent practically all day trying to locate it ... Check the 'qshape' and 'mailq' commands. Queued mail is usually stored inside /var/spool/postfix. -- Iván Stepaniuk Alba Fotónica S.L. http://www.albafotonica.com
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On 10/2/2009 2:04 AM, gc wrote: > Hey all, > > First post, if it makes it off the server... Per the welcome message you received when you joined the list: TO REPORT A PROBLEM see: http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail At a minimum, postfix version and output of postconf -n should be provided... > Had a problem where I couldnt send nor receive mail, it happened all of > a sudden for me after I moved into my fathers house. I thought it could > be a dsl problem, as I came from cable. It happened to nbe first that > att.com was blocking my outgoing, on port 25, so support (dedicated) had > me edit some postfix conf's and add an alternate port of 2525. While I'm not sure I completely understand what you are trying to accomplish - ie, how your server was configured before and how it is used - it sounds to me like you simply need to configure postfix to relay all outbound mail through AT&T, as they are *properly* blocking outbound port 25 for anything but from their server (this prevents any of your PCs from participating in any of the botnets out there). So, just set to whatever AT&T tells you to use for their outbound mail server if you were setting up a mail client (Thunderbird, Outlook, etc) - a quick google shows this might be: relayhost = [smtp.att.yahoo.com] > so anyways, something happened yesterday and now I cant get anything at > all, What does that mean? You can't RECEIVE mail either? Are you hosting a domain for both inbound and outbound? See what I mean? You need to proerly explain what you are trying to accomplish... -- Best regards, Charles
Re: location of queued mail
Hi talking about postfix server, it may do virtual delivery. Then you may find the path to the mailboxes following the parameter virtual_mailbox_base in /etc/postix/main.cf suomi On 10/02/2009 08:04 AM, gc wrote: Hey all, First post, if it makes it off the server... Had a problem where I couldnt send nor receive mail, it happened all of a sudden for me after I moved into my fathers house. I thought it could be a dsl problem, as I came from cable. It happened to nbe first that att.com was blocking my outgoing, on port 25, so support (dedicated) had me edit some postfix conf's and add an alternate port of 2525. so anyways, something happened yesterday and now I cant get anything at all, support was asked again to look into it and they followed with they couldnt get postfix working right, so they are saying I need to reprovision the server. Now before I do that I want to try and recover the email that is in queue, I myself have to firgure out how to do it, but have spent practically all day trying to locate it, and after countless searches, and 24 opened tabs, I need to ask for help. I dont know my way around servers, so actual do this help might have to be told. I can get to root thru ssh and thats how I found the postfix directory, but viewing I cant. anyhelp would be appreciated, Thanks, Gerry PS this email is off a windows server
