Environment
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Postfix 2.1.1
Postfix 2.1.1
Situation
Postfix 2.1.1 server was acting as a mail gateway (to receive
messages and forward them to other systems)
Outbound messages stopped processing and new (incoming) messages piled up in the /var/spool/postfix/incoming directory
Lots of errors in the /var/log/mail log file: "Jan 16 08:29:43 postfix/qmgr[31417]: fatal: bad extra
offset file active/0/069833BF3F"
Outbound messages stopped processing and new (incoming) messages piled up in the /var/spool/postfix/incoming directory
Lots of errors in the /var/log/mail log file: "Jan 16 08:29:43
Resolution
1. Stop Postfix
2. Remove the message file referenced in the "fatal: bad extra offset file" error message.
3. Restart Postfix
2. Remove the message file referenced in the "fatal: bad extra offset file" error message.
3. Restart Postfix