Mailman 2.1.12
Hi all,
One email address was mistyped in a list and I receive tons of emails a day about : Postfix SMTP server: errors from localhost[127.0.0.1]
I went to Mailman queue and here is the queue contents :
ls -Rlha /var/lib/mailman/qfiles /var/lib/mailman/qfiles: total 48K drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 8 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:14 .. drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 17:03 archive drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 bad drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-15 13:36 bounces drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-11 19:22 commands drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 17:03 in drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:40 news drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 out drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 retry drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:40 shunt drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 12:00 virgin
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/archive: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 17:03 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 ..
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/bad: total 16K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,6K 2010-02-09 12:00 1265677201.538301+ff2998155195d0f6d06604e67777ba8ccfff2cf2.psv
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/bounces: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-15 13:36 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 ..
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/commands: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-11 19:22 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 ..
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/in: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 17:03 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 ..
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/news: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:40 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 ..
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/out: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 ..
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/retry: total 180K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265961379.78371+f52f95dafd795b376b6f236266a30656762e9312.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265962377.1492419+ab429d4da967b4e5d73a49b9ad9c15da63938e4d.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 3,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265963302.2198579+e23759d849358c41e5cb65734c68113e03940d53.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 53K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266005255.3434069+05885e1413d12056b100ec76122a9ed15fe52aee.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 5,5K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266181576.168088+374f21f5a8cbeb5d1b634327d8e37f145c3aca06.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 74K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266183850.9198849+cae961d9f131124aec881c1aca55e7a2405d9f7c.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 5,1K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266192566.7376809+2c441fed9eccdede5580771ad81d47a2870c6a66.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 1,5K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266209411.1881809+530cd317167b0a37421ef71f51fd739dbaa4e58f.pck
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/shunt: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:40 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 ..
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/virgin: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 ..
My question is : can I safely manually remove (rm) files from qfiles/bad and qfiles/retry or is there another way to proceed ?
Thanks in advance for your time. Nicolas Canonne
me@electronico.nc wrote:
One email address was mistyped in a list and I receive tons of emails a day about : Postfix SMTP server: errors from localhost[127.0.0.1]
I went to Mailman queue and here is the queue contents :
[...]
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/bad: total 16K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,6K 2010-02-09 12:00 1265677201.538301+ff2998155195d0f6d06604e67777ba8ccfff2cf2.psv
[...]
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/retry: total 180K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265961379.78371+f52f95dafd795b376b6f236266a30656762e9312.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265962377.1492419+ab429d4da967b4e5d73a49b9ad9c15da63938e4d.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 3,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265963302.2198579+e23759d849358c41e5cb65734c68113e03940d53.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 53K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266005255.3434069+05885e1413d12056b100ec76122a9ed15fe52aee.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 5,5K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266181576.168088+374f21f5a8cbeb5d1b634327d8e37f145c3aca06.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 74K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266183850.9198849+cae961d9f131124aec881c1aca55e7a2405d9f7c.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 5,1K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266192566.7376809+2c441fed9eccdede5580771ad81d47a2870c6a66.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 1,5K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266209411.1881809+530cd317167b0a37421ef71f51fd739dbaa4e58f.pck [...]
My question is : can I safely manually remove (rm) files from qfiles/bad and qfiles/retry or is there another way to proceed ?
The entry in qfiles/bad is something else. It is either an unparseable message (likely spam) or a message that was supposed to be shunted but for which shunting failed for some reason. You may be able to see the message content with either bin/show_qfiles or bin/dumpdb pointed at the file. In any case, there should be an entry in Mailman's error log with timestamp "Feb 8 17:00:01" or possibly "2010-02-09 12:00" and saying either "Skipping and preserving unparseable message: 1265677201.538301+ff2998155195d0f6d06604e67777ba8ccfff2cf2" or "SHUNTING FAILED, preserving original entry: 1265677201.538301+ff2998155195d0f6d06604e67777ba8ccfff2cf2". In the latter case, this may be preceded by another exception and traceback, but it is more likely the former.
This message is no longer being processed by Mailman and can be rm'd if you wish, although if the cull_bad_shunt cron job is running, the file should be automatically removed the first time cull_bad_shunt runs after it is 7 days old.
The messages in qfiles/retry can also just be rm'd. You can see the undelivered recipients (probably just the one bad one) by running bin/dumpdb against the files. If the message still has valid recipients, as well as the invalid one(s), see <http://www.msapiro.net/scripts/remove_recips>.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
Mark Sapiro wrote:
The entry in qfiles/bad is something else. It is either an unparseable message (likely spam) or a message that was supposed to be shunted but for which shunting failed for some reason. You may be able to see the message content with either bin/show_qfiles or bin/dumpdb pointed at the file.
I neglected to mention, if you try to use bin/dumpdb on the .psv file, you will need to specify '-p' to bin/dumpdb.
Also note that you have an underlying problem here in that Postfix is doing domain or address verification during SMTP from Mailman and is returning a 4xx (retryable) status for bad addresses. You should return a 5xx status. I.e., set
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
in main.cf
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
On 17/02/2010 09:29, Mark Sapiro wrote:
me@electronico.nc wrote:
One email address was mistyped in a list and I receive tons of emails a day about : Postfix SMTP server: errors from localhost[127.0.0.1]
I went to Mailman queue and here is the queue contents :
[...]
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/bad: total 16K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,6K 2010-02-09 12:00 1265677201.538301+ff2998155195d0f6d06604e67777ba8ccfff2cf2.psv
[...]
/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/retry: total 180K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265961379.78371+f52f95dafd795b376b6f236266a30656762e9312.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265962377.1492419+ab429d4da967b4e5d73a49b9ad9c15da63938e4d.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 3,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265963302.2198579+e23759d849358c41e5cb65734c68113e03940d53.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 53K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266005255.3434069+05885e1413d12056b100ec76122a9ed15fe52aee.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 5,5K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266181576.168088+374f21f5a8cbeb5d1b634327d8e37f145c3aca06.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 74K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266183850.9198849+cae961d9f131124aec881c1aca55e7a2405d9f7c.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 5,1K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266192566.7376809+2c441fed9eccdede5580771ad81d47a2870c6a66.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 1,5K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266209411.1881809+530cd317167b0a37421ef71f51fd739dbaa4e58f.pck
[...]
My question is : can I safely manually remove (rm) files from qfiles/bad and qfiles/retry or is there another way to proceed ?
The entry in qfiles/bad is something else. It is either an unparseable message (likely spam) or a message that was supposed to be shunted but for which shunting failed for some reason. You may be able to see the message content with either bin/show_qfiles or bin/dumpdb pointed at the file. In any case, there should be an entry in Mailman's error log with timestamp "Feb 8 17:00:01" or possibly "2010-02-09 12:00" and saying either "Skipping and preserving unparseable message: 1265677201.538301+ff2998155195d0f6d06604e67777ba8ccfff2cf2" or "SHUNTING FAILED, preserving original entry: 1265677201.538301+ff2998155195d0f6d06604e67777ba8ccfff2cf2". In the latter case, this may be preceded by another exception and traceback, but it is more likely the former.
This message is no longer being processed by Mailman and can be rm'd if you wish, although if the cull_bad_shunt cron job is running, the file should be automatically removed the first time cull_bad_shunt runs after it is 7 days old.
The messages in qfiles/retry can also just be rm'd. You can see the undelivered recipients (probably just the one bad one) by running bin/dumpdb against the files. If the message still has valid recipients, as well as the invalid one(s), see <http://www.msapiro.net/scripts/remove_recips>.
Thanks Mark for your time ! I have just removed the retry/*.pck files and all is OK (no more errors from Postfix). Nicolas Canonne
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