Error, what does it mean

[abhishek jain-5]

Hi friends,
I receive the following in the /var/log/maillog frequently

Nov  4 16:57:59 server4 postfix/smtpd[9555]: disconnect from mail-iw0-f195.google.com[<IP>]
Nov  4 16:58:25 server4 postfix/virtual[9823]: fatal: bad string length 0 < 1: virtual_mailbox_base =
Nov  4 16:58:26 server4 postfix/master[24061]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/virtual pid 9823 exit status 1
Nov  4 16:58:26 server4 postfix/master[24061]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/virtual: bad command startup -- throttling
Nov  4 16:58:55 server4 postfix/qmgr[5352]: warning: connect to transport virtual: Resource temporarily unavailable

I am not sure , what it means, can you please help,
thanks
abhishek

[Daniel V. Reinhardt]

>
>From: abhishek jain <mail@...>
>To: postfix-users@...
>Sent: Wed, November 4, 2009 11:22:05 AM
>Subject: Error, what does it mean
>
>Hi friends,
>I receive the following in the /var/log/maillog frequently
>
>Nov  4 16:57:59 server4 postfix/smtpd[9555]: disconnect from mail-iw0-f195.google.com[<IP>]
>>Nov  4 16:58:25 server4 postfix/virtual[9823]: fatal: bad string length 0 < 1: virtual_mailbox_base =
>Nov  4 16:58:26 server4 postfix/master[24061]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/virtual pid 9823 exit status 1
>>Nov  4 16:58:26 server4 postfix/master[24061]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/virtual: bad command startup -- throttling
>Nov  4 16:58:55 server4 postfix/qmgr[5352]: warning: connect to transport virtual: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
>I am not sure , what it means, can you please help,
>thanks
>abhishek
>
>

Means you do not have the virtual_mailbox_base= directive set.

 Daniel Reinhardt
Website: www.cryptodan.com
Email: cryptodan@...
Junior Network Security Engineer



     

[abhishek jain-5]

>

Means you do not have the virtual_mailbox_base= directive set.

Thanks Daniel,
But what should i do now, is it an important directive , i mean should i worry about that,
Also i have mysql setup on postfix, and i use relay_domains

Thanks
abhishek

[Daniel V. Reinhardt]

>
>From: abhishek jain <mail@...>
>To: Daniel V. Reinhardt <cryptodan@...>
>Cc: postfix-users@...
>Sent: Wed, November 4, 2009 11:31:14 AM
>Subject: Re: Error, what does it mean
>
>
>
>
>>>>>
>>Means you do not have the virtual_mailbox_base= directive set.
>>
>>
>Thanks Daniel,
>But what should i do now, is it an important directive , i mean should i worry about that,
>Also i have mysql setup on postfix, and i use relay_domains
>
>Thanks
>abhishek
>
>

You will need to create a directory such as /var/mail/virtualmbox, assign the proper permissions then add that path to the above directive.

Thanks,
 Daniel Reinhardt
Website: www.cryptodan.com
Email: cryptodan@...
Junior Network Security Engineer



     

[Magnus Bäck]

On Wed, November 4, 2009 12:36 pm, Daniel V. Reinhardt said:
>
> > But what should i do now, is it an important directive , i mean should i
> >  worry about that,
> > Also i have mysql setup on postfix, and i use relay_domains
>
> You will need to create a directory such as /var/mail/virtualmbox, assign
> the proper permissions then add that path to the above directive.

This is not correct. The OP's problem is that virtual_mailbox_base isn't
set. If the stored mailbox path is absolute rather than relative, simply
set virtual_mailbox_base to /. If the stored mailbox paths are relative,
put whatever directory they're relative to in virtual_mailbox_base.

--
Magnus Bäck
magnus@...

[/dev/rob0]

On Wednesday 04 November 2009 05:31:14 abhishek jain wrote:
> > Means you do not have the virtual_mailbox_base= directive set.
> >
> > Thanks Daniel,
>
> But what should i do now, is it an important directive , i mean
> should i worry about that,
> Also i have mysql setup on postfix, and i use relay_domains

In this case your logs say otherwise. The snippet provided was
related to an attempt to deliver using the virtual(8) transport.
Perhaps the real solution is to change your queries for
virtual_mailbox_{domains,maps} into relay_{domains,recipient_maps},
but we can only guess at that, as you failed to provide postconf -n
along with your post.
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