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"/var/spool/postfix/maildrop" Missing After Time Machine Restore

Hello,

After performing a full restore via Time Machine, the following error message appears constantly in my console:

3/8/08 9:48:00 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory

After performing a Google search and reading the Apple discussions, it appears that Time Machine excludes the /postfix/maildrop directory from its backups. While this seems to be the problem, I can't find a solution as to how to fix it. I suppose I could create the directory but I don;t want to do this before I am certain as to what its purpose is.

Any help or point in the right direction will be appreciated.

Cheers

MacBook Pro, 2 GB RAM, 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Mar 8, 2008 11:00 PM

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Jan 19, 2011 8:55 AM in response to Ignatius J. Reilly

After doing some more digging on the Internet, I believe I have found the solution. Here's a link to the original post by carbonite19: http://www.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/index.php/t87650.html

Use these instructions at your own risk.

CONSOLE ERROR MESSAGE:
com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory</code>

THE FIX:
Open terminal make sure you are at root directory and type:
sudo mkdir /var/spool/postfix [enter]
<password> [enter]
postfix stop [enter]
postfix start [enter]

The postfix folder is created and the directories are rebuilt.

This seemed to work for me. Be sure to read the original post for more information.

Cheers

"/var/spool/postfix/maildrop" Missing After Time Machine Restore

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