From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 15 18:43:12 2005 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 69C6916A41C for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:43:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199CA43D1F for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:43:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5FIhAXl061106; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:43:10 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j5FIhAS2061103; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:43:10 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:43:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Matt Juszczak In-Reply-To: <20050615133120.X87922@neptune.atopia.net> Message-ID: <20050615123810.R56378@wonkity.com> References: <20050615120621.S85701@neptune.atopia.net> <42B064F5.8020500@grokking.org> <20050615133120.X87922@neptune.atopia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:43:10 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: procmail keeps dieing on freebsd 5.4 with postfix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:43:12 -0000 On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Matt Juszczak wrote: > We are currently moving to a new mail server that is FreeBSD-based. Our old > mail server is a chrooted slackware box that hasn't been upgraded in years > because no one even had access to it for a while (the management of the > company I work for used to stink, its better now). Our new mail server has > 3000 accounts on it, that are active, but only about 50 of them are actually > functioning (one of our virtual domains). We haven't switched the MX record > for our main ISP yet, we're waiting to make sure the box is stable first. So > to answer your question, there is only about a 50-user lynch mob and most of > those users are internal to our ISP (employees, etc.).... I would not make a > change on something that had more live users, especially paying customers. > > Our current mail server supports procmail, and we have about 50 users who use > it. Therefore, thats why I was turning it on on the new server. We're > working on basically mirroring the old server to the new one and making sure > that our change will be swift and efficient. I've considered using postfix's > internal LDA and just calling procmail from inside a .forward file for those > users who need it/want it ... this might end up fixing the problems. Did you build procmail from ports or bare? Just asking because there are ten patch files included with the port... -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA