Mail service on, SMTP on, but clients can't connect -- please help a novice

Hi all,

We use 10.4 Server on a G5 Xserve. A few days ago we had a problem with our server being used for spam. That was fixed quickly enough, but the problem is: while being fixed, the mail queue accumulated more and more mail, and it wasn't going out. The "retry" button didn't work. Repairing the database didn't work.

To make a long story shorter, after reading different things here and on the web, I managed to delete all the messages in the queue. All the users are still there. But now, when I turn the mail service back on, everyone gets a "can't connect" error.

I've used the terminal before, but I've always been following directions; I don't know what to type or why. But if someone with patience can help, I can follow directions, and would really appreciate the help. Right now I'm dead in the water.

Black MacBook 2.16GHz C2D, 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.5), "Oh I get by with a little help from my friends..."

Posted on Oct 23, 2008 10:15 AM

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Oct 24, 2008 9:32 AM in response to pterobyte

I'm glad mailbfr came in an Installer package so I didn't have to worry about whether I installed it correctly.

I typed in the commands you wrote, and everything appeared to work the way it was supposed to. So I turned the mail service back on. After a few seconds went by, about 10 new messages appeared in my inbox. But that's about all that happened. I still can't connect to send mail, and the only message in the queue is a message from root to root. All the user accounts are still there. And the information must be there, judging by the size of the database and mail store.

Here is the mailaccess.log for the recent events. Let me know if I'm not going back far enough.

Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9327]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9326]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9327]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9326]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service imap pid 9326 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9328]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9328]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9328]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9328]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9328]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9328]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service imap pid 9328 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9329]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9329]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9329]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9327]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service pop3 pid 9327 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9330]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9330]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9330]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9329]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9330]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9329]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9330]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9329]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service imap pid 9329 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9331]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9331]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9331]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9331]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9331]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9331]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service imap pid 9331 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9332]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9332]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9332]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9330]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service pop3 pid 9330 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9333]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9333]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9333]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9333]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9333]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9333]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service pop3 pid 9333 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9334]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9334]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9334]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9334]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9334]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9334]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service pop3 pid 9334 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9335]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9335]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9335]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9335]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9335]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9335]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service pop3 pid 9335 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9336]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9336]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9336]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9332]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9332]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9332]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service imap pid 9332 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9337]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9337]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9337]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9337]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9337]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9337]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service imap pid 9337 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9338]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9338]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9338]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9338]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9336]: IOERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9338]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9336]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9338]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service imap pid 9338 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9339]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9339]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail imap[9339]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9336]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail master[46]: service pop3 pid 9336 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9340]: DBERROR: dbenv->open '/var/imap/db' failed: Permission denied
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9340]: DBERROR: init() on berkeley
Oct 24 00:37:29 mail pop3[9340]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: Permission denied
Oct 24 10:31:56 mail reconstruct[26937]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 10:32:44 mail cyrus-quota[26940]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:01:01 mail cyrus-quota[27059]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:01:20 mail cyrus-quota[27069]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:02:20 mail cyrus-quota[27079]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:03:22 mail cyrus-quota[27089]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:04:22 mail cyrus-quota[27099]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:05:24 mail cyrus-quota[27109]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:06:24 mail cyrus-quota[27120]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:07:26 mail cyrus-quota[27130]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:08:27 mail cyrus-quota[27140]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:09:28 mail cyrus-quota[27150]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:10:30 mail cyrus-quota[27160]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:11:30 mail cyrus-quota[27170]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:12:32 mail cyrus-quota[27180]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory
Oct 24 11:13:32 mail cyrus-quota[27190]: DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory

Oct 24, 2008 11:31 AM in response to pterobyte

Yes, I do think I ran that before the log I posted.

Here is the output from postconf -n:
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/var/mailman/data/aliases
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter =
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debug peerlevel = 2
enable serveroptions = yes
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = localhost
local recipientmaps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps
luser_relay = sysadmin
mail_owner = postfix
mailbox sizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = 0
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
message sizelimit = 15728640
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost,abcde.org,abc.org
mydomain = newhopechurchmn.org
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = mail.newhopechurchmn.org
mynetworks = 127.0.0.1
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
owner requestspecial = no
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
recipient_delimiter = +
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpd clientrestrictions = hash:/etc/postfix/smtpdreject
smtpd pw_server_securityoptions = cram-md5,login,plain
smtpd recipientrestrictions = permit sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpd sasl_authenable = yes
smtpd tls_certfile = /etc/certificates/Default.crt
smtpd tls_keyfile = /etc/certificates/Default.key
smtpd use_pwserver = yes
smtpd usetls = no
unknown local_recipient_rejectcode = 550
virtual mailboxdomains =
virtual_transport = virtual
mail:~ root#

Here is the portion of mail.log from when I was trying to send a message from Mail.app. I apologize if I should have not deleted duplicate lines, or if I should have deleted more:
===== Friday, October 24, 2008 12:54:07 PM US/Central =====
Oct 24 12:54:29 mail postfix/qmgr[1866]: warning: qmgr_move: ignored: queue active id .DS_Store
Oct 24 12:54:29 mail postfix/qmgr[1866]: fatal: scan dirpush: open directory active/0: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:30 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/qmgr pid 1866 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:54:30 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/qmgr: bad command startup -- throttling
Oct 24 12:54:30 mail postfix/cleanup[1867]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/488889.1867 to incoming/7/776C1209A8CE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:30 mail postfix/cleanup[1867]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/488889.1867 to incoming/7/776C1209A8CE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:30 mail postfix/cleanup[1867]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/488889.1867 to incoming/7/776C1209A8CE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:30 mail postfix/cleanup[1867]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/488889.1867 to incoming/7/776C1209A8CE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:30 mail postfix/cleanup[1867]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/488889.1867 to incoming/7/776C1209A8CE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:30 mail postfix/cleanup[1867]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/488889.1867 to incoming/7/776C1209A8CE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1874]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/272145.1874 to incoming/4/42863209A8CF: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1874]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/272145.1874 to incoming/4/42863209A8CF: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1874]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/272145.1874 to incoming/4/42863209A8CF: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1874]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/272145.1874 to incoming/4/42863209A8CF: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1874]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/272145.1874 to incoming/4/42863209A8CF: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1876]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/351271.1876 to incoming/5/55D1B209A8D1: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1875]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/326165.1875 to incoming/4/4FB9D209A8D0: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1876]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/351271.1876 to incoming/5/55D1B209A8D1: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1876]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/351271.1876 to incoming/5/55D1B209A8D1: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/cleanup[1875]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/326165.1875 to incoming/4/4FB9D209A8D0: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/pickup[1865]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1867 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:54:31 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup: bad command startup -- throttling
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/smtpd[1868]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1874 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/smtpd[1868]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/smtpd[1870]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1875 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/smtpd[1870]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/smtpd[1871]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1876 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:54:32 mail postfix/smtpd[1871]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:54:33 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1868 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:54:33 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Oct 24 12:54:33 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1870 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:54:33 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1871 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:55:30 mail postfix/qmgr[1919]: warning: qmgr_move: ignored: queue active id .DS_Store
Oct 24 12:55:30 mail postfix/qmgr[1919]: fatal: scan dirpush: open directory active/0: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:31 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/qmgr pid 1919 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:55:31 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/qmgr: bad command startup -- throttling
Oct 24 12:55:32 mail postfix/cleanup[1920]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/613986.1920 to incoming/9/95F74209A8E7: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:32 mail postfix/cleanup[1920]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/613986.1920 to incoming/9/95F74209A8E7: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1923]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/649849.1923 to incoming/9/9EBB8209A8EA: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1921]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/627999.1921 to incoming/9/99617209A8E8: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1922]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/638607.1922 to incoming/9/9BF7D209A8E9: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1925]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/686051.1925 to incoming/A/A78D2209A8EC: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1920]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/613986.1920 to incoming/9/95F74209A8E7: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1924]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/680027.1924 to incoming/A/A61A8209A8EB: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1923]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/649849.1923 to incoming/9/9EBB8209A8EA: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1921]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/627999.1921 to incoming/9/99617209A8E8: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1922]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/638607.1922 to incoming/9/9BF7D209A8E9: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1925]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/686051.1925 to incoming/A/A78D2209A8EC: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1920]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/613986.1920 to incoming/9/95F74209A8E7: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1924]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/680027.1924 to incoming/A/A61A8209A8EB: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1923]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/649849.1923 to incoming/9/9EBB8209A8EA: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:33 mail postfix/cleanup[1921]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/627999.1921 to incoming/9/99617209A8E8: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1883]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1883]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1884]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1887]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1885]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1888]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1884]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1887]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1885]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1888]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1882]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/smtpd[1882]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1925 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup: bad command startup -- throttling
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1924 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1923 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1922 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1921 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:55:34 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1920 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:55:35 mail postfix/cleanup[1937]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/294476.1937 to incoming/4/47F5D209A8ED: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:35 mail postfix/cleanup[1937]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/294476.1937 to incoming/4/47F5D209A8ED: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:35 mail postfix/cleanup[1937]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/294476.1937 to incoming/4/47F5D209A8ED: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:35 mail postfix/cleanup[1937]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/294476.1937 to incoming/4/47F5D209A8ED: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:35 mail postfix/cleanup[1940]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/426445.1940 to incoming/6/682BD209A8EE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:35 mail postfix/cleanup[1940]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/426445.1940 to incoming/6/682BD209A8EE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:35 mail postfix/cleanup[1940]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/426445.1940 to incoming/6/682BD209A8EE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:35 mail postfix/cleanup[1940]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/426445.1940 to incoming/6/682BD209A8EE: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:55:36 mail postfix/smtpd[1926]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:55:36 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 1937 exit status 1
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Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2018]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/285154.2018 to incoming/4/45ACE209A914: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2019]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/324534.2019 to incoming/4/4F4DB209A915: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2020]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/309416.2020 to incoming/4/4B994209A916: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2017]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/203662.2017 to incoming/3/31CD5209A913: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2018]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/285154.2018 to incoming/4/45ACE209A914: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2019]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/324534.2019 to incoming/4/4F4DB209A915: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2020]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/309416.2020 to incoming/4/4B994209A916: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2017]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/203662.2017 to incoming/3/31CD5209A913: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2018]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/285154.2018 to incoming/4/45ACE209A914: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2019]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/324534.2019 to incoming/4/4F4DB209A915: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2020]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/309416.2020 to incoming/4/4B994209A916: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2017]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/203662.2017 to incoming/3/31CD5209A913: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2018]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/285154.2018 to incoming/4/45ACE209A914: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2019]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/324534.2019 to incoming/4/4F4DB209A915: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2020]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/309416.2020 to incoming/4/4B994209A916: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:42 mail postfix/cleanup[2017]: warning: mail queueenter: rename incoming/203662.2017 to incoming/3/31CD5209A913: Permission denied
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1936 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1941 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1934 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1933 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1932 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1930 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1935 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1939 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1938 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1931 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1929 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1928 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1942 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2001 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1987]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1944 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1987]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1943 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1989]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2002 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1989]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1993]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2004 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1993]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1992]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2008 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1992]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1998]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2009 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1998]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1995]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2010 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1995]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2000]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2012 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2000]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1996]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2013 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1996]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1997]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2014 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1997]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2003]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2016 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2003]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2005]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2017 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2005]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2007]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2018 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2007]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2006]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2020 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1994]: warning: premature end-of-input on public/cleanup socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[2006]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/cleanup pid 2019 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:43 mail postfix/smtpd[1994]: fatal: unable to connect to the public cleanup service
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1987 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1989 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1993 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1992 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1998 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1995 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 2000 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1996 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1997 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 2003 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 2005 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 2007 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 2006 exit status 1
Oct 24 12:56:44 mail postfix/master[1863]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1994 exit status 1

Oct 24, 2008 11:51 AM in response to Brenton Bills

Not sure how you got your mail server in that state, but it certainly does not look good.

We can try a few things, but I have the feeling there will be lots of issues creeping up one after the other.

Try this:
sudo postfix set-permissions
sudo postsuper -p
sudo postsuper -s
sudo postfix reload

and see if this helps. If not post relevant log entries again.

Also, if an error message repeats over and over again, there is no need to post it 100 times 😉

Oct 24, 2008 12:13 PM in response to pterobyte

Real sorry about the long post. There were lots and lots of errors, and I didn't know if a few numbers in them being different would be relevant. No sarcasm intended.

Here's what I get with those commands:
mail:~ root# sudo postfix set-permissions
chown: /etc/postfix/makedefs.out: No such file or directory
mail:~ root# sudo postsuper -p
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/.DS_Store
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/10356.1695
<snip>
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/998071.27455
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: active/.DS_Store
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: deferred/.DS_Store
postsuper: Renamed to match inode number: 127 messages
postsuper: warning: QUEUE FILE NAMES WERE CHANGED TO MATCH INODE NUMBERS
mail:~ root# sudo postfix set-permissions
chown: /etc/postfix/makedefs.out: No such file or directory
mail:~ root# sudo postfix reload
postfix/postfix-script: refreshing the Postfix mail system
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: active/.DS_Store
mail:~ root# postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/.DS_Store
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/10356.1695
<snip>
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/998071.27455
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: active/.DS_Store
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: deferred/.DS_Store
postsuper: Renamed to match inode number: 127 messages
postsuper: warning: QUEUE FILE NAMES WERE CHANGED TO MATCH INODE NUMBERS
mail:~ root# sudo postfix set-permissions
chown: /etc/postfix/makedefs.out: No such file or directory
mail:~ root# sudo postfix reload
postfix/postfix-script: refreshing the Postfix mail system
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: active/.DS_Store
mail:~ root# postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/.DS_Store
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/10356.1695
<snip>
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/998071.27455
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: active/.DS_Store
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: deferred/.DS_Store

Oct 24, 2008 1:53 PM in response to pterobyte

After entering those commands, I turned the mail service on, and... new messages! I was elated. Until I realized that nothing was going out. Here's a sample of the log:

Oct 24 15:46:21 mail postfix/qmgr[6438]: warning: private/local socket: malformed response
Oct 24 15:46:21 mail postfix/qmgr[6438]: warning: transport local failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description
Oct 24 15:46:21 mail postfix/qmgr[6438]: warning: premature end-of-input on private/local socket while reading input attribute name
Oct 24 15:46:21 mail postfix/master[6435]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/local pid 6784 exit status 1

This is so frustrating now, because it seems to me like a full recovery is so close! 🙂

Oct 24, 2008 6:27 PM in response to Brenton Bills

{quote:title=Brenton Bills wrote:}postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/.DS_Store

postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/10356.1695
<snip>
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: incoming/998071.27455
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: active/.DS_Store
postsuper: warning: bogus file name: deferred/.DS_Store{quote}


A complicating factor is that you went into hidden directories with the Finder.
Those folders are hidden from view for a reason, amongst many other reasons to prevent that kind of thing. Postfix is trying to parse files you left behind that should never be there, .DS_Store
files that the Finder leaves in a directory (storing your folder-view settings for the dir in question).

Another important fact is that you're seeing
"DBERROR: reading /var/imap/db/skipstamp, assuming the worst: No such file or directory"

Both of the above and the permissions errors, reek of a botched mail migration from another server.

To facilitate others helping you effectively and efficiently, you should detail how you got into this situation.

Oct 25, 2008 9:34 AM in response to davidh

Hmm, I came back to reply to an email notification of your response, but it seems to have been removed (forum monitors perhaps).

My only intent here is to help.

Some of the things you might have read into my reply were taken in a way I did not mean.
Substitute "reeks" with "tends to suggest," for one case where I could have chosen my words more gingerly.

Everything else is just speaking plainly. This is user-to-user support and as such there are limits to what we can know or guess about your knowledge & background, and to the extent to which anyone can help you, based on those factors and just as importantly, because of the number of things you have done perhaps inadvertently & unintentionally and can't recall/renumerate.

Some advice meant as helpful (but IMHO vital): There is a path ahead of you in your journey as an aspiring sysadmin. Familiarity with working with the Terminal is a key part of that. I went from Mac OS 6 -> 7 ->8 ->9 to Linux (lots of Terminal/shell work required to get YDL functioning on my AGP G4) and happily back to OS X. Which is to say (I think that), if I can do it anyone can 🙂

Suggested resources:
http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/Bash-Beginners-Guide.pdf

The GUI is nice for certain tasks, but migrating into hidden (from the Finder) directories can cause permissions to get munged and throw a wrench in the works for services like Postfix.

It's hard to know if you can repair your installation, with the state it's gotten into.
You might want to hire someone to help (I'd suggest Pterobyte if he's able, and I have no official association with him).

One of the things you do need to do, is remove the .DS_Store files that are now in several places within /private/var

Before doing anything further, please make sure you have a full, known-good backup.

You can accomplish removal of the .DS_Store files via the Terminal, with the following:

sudo find /private/var -name '.DS_Store' -exec rm -rf {} \; -print

(Please note that all spaces and characters are required, apart from the final "-print" which
will show you the files removed, probably preferable).

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