Hi lists: In the past two days, i haven't recevied any emails. So i check the email server log. And found the follow lines:
Jun 12 00:55:27 hackles postfix/smtpd[21614]: disconnect from lists.gentoo.org[140.105.134.102] Jun 12 00:59:26 hackles postfix/local[20553]: warning: timeout on private/lmtp socket while reading input attribute name Jun 12 00:59:26 hackles postfix/local[20553]: warning: private/lmtp socket: malformed response Jun 12 00:59:30 hackles postfix/local[2251]: warning: timeout on private/lmtp socket while reading input attribute name Jun 12 00:59:30 hackles postfix/local[2251]: warning: private/lmtp socket: malformed response Jun 12 00:59:30 hackles postfix/local[2254]: warning: timeout on private/lmtp socket while reading input attribute name Jun 12 00:59:30 hackles postfix/local[2254]: warning: private/lmtp socket: malformed response Jun 12 00:59:31 hackles postfix/local[2258]: warning: timeout on private/lmtp socket while reading input attribute name Jun 12 00:59:31 hackles postfix/local[2258]: warning: private/lmtp socket: malformed response Jun 12 00:59:31 hackles postfix/local[2262]: warning: timeout on private/lmtp socket while reading input attribute name Jun 12 00:59:31 hackles postfix/local[2262]: warning: private/lmtp socket: malformed response Jun 12 00:59:31 hackles postfix/local[2264]: warning: timeout on private/lmtp socket while reading input attribute name Jun 12 00:59:31 hackles postfix/local[2264]: warning: private/lmtp socket: malformed response Jun 12 00:59:32 hackles postfix/local[2267]: warning: timeout on private/lmtp socket while reading input attribute name Jun 12 00:59:32 hackles postfix/local[2267]: warning: private/lmtp socket: malformed response Jun 12 01:00:08 hackles postfix/local[2469]: warning: timeout on private/lmtp socket while reading input attribute name Jun 12 01:00:08 hackles postfix/local[2469]: warning: private/lmtp socket: malformed response Jun 12 01:00:29 hackles postfix/qmgr[9106]: 99AAC501F3: skipped, still being delivered Jun 12 01:00:29 hackles postfix/qmgr[9106]: 583E6501D7: skipped, still being delivered Jun 12 01:00:29 hackles postfix/qmgr[9106]: AD784501C0: skipped, still being delivered Jun 12 01:00:29 hackles postfix/qmgr[9106]: E2EF8501D6: skipped, still being delivered Jun 12 01:00:29 hackles postfix/qmgr[9106]: 3DC09501F4: skipped, still being delivered Jun 12 01:00:29 hackles postfix/qmgr[9106]: 0A7CC501F9: skipped, still being delivered Jun 12 01:00:30 hackles postfix/qmgr[9106]: DDBB0501FB: skipped, still being delivered Jun 12 01:00:30 hackles postfix/qmgr[9106]: 2F8C0501BE: skipped, still being delivered I run the command "mailq", and there are thousands of letters in the quese, then i restart the mail server, and the letters has delivered to local mailboxes one by one. Then i check the syslog. And found the follow problems: Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles lmtpunix[19752]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles lmtpunix[19752]: executed Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles lmtpunix[19752]: DBERROR db4: environment not yet opened Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles lmtpunix[19752]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/deliver.db: Invalid argument Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles lmtpunix[19752]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/deliver.db: cyrusdb error Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles lmtpunix[19752]: FATAL: lmtpd: unable to init duplicate delivery database Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles master[17454]: process 19752 exited, status 75 Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles master[17454]: service lmtpunix pid 19752 in READY state: terminated abnormally Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles master[19753]: about to exec /usr/lib/cyrus/lmtpd Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles lmtpunix[19753]: DBERROR db4: fatal region error detected; run recovery Jun 12 11:05:59 hackles lmtpunix[19753]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery It because the db. But i don't know how to solve this problem excatly. Could anybody tell me how to improve my email system? Thanks in advance! Wang Penghui --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html