From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 30 15:46:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA6AF16A412 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C21E43D46 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:46:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so1236669wxd for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:46:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.47.19 with SMTP id u19mr7457162wxu; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:46:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h18sm750445wxd.2006.09.30.08.46.12; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:46:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19DD4C13A for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:46:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (boss.seibercom.net [192.168.0.4]) (Authenticated sender: gerard@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 870F0C05E for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:46:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:46:27 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Seibercom X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060930114036.5EB3.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.26 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: 'File too large' mail delivery error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:46:13 -0000 What could cause Postfix/Dovecot to suddenly start failing to deliver mail and issue this error message in the /var/log/maillog: Sep 30 09:45:24 scorpio postfix/local[1439]: 80E65C613: to=3D, relay=3Dlocal, delay=3D6.5, delays=3D6.4/0.01/0/0.03, ds= n=3D5.2.2, st atus=3Dbounced (cannot update mailbox /var/mail/gerard-gmail for user gerar= d-gmail =2E error writing message: File too large) The dovecot.log had similar entries. A total of 122 messages were hung up before I caught it. The mailbox was 49M in size; however, it has been far larger and yet never was any problem encountered. I had to remove all of the mail before delivery would start again. Other than upgrading to FreeBSD 6.1 P8 yesterday, nothing has changed on the system. --=20 Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net