From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 1 01:28:14 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 E0DBA16A407 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 01:28:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E6E43D45 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 01:28:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (root@dialup250.ach.sch.gr [81.186.70.250]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-2) with ESMTP id k911RmYQ026408 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 04:27:52 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k913RHlH001586 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 06:27:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k913RHUG001585 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 06:27:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 06:27:16 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061001032716.GA1562@gothmog.pc> References: <20060930114036.5EB3.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060930114036.5EB3.GERARD@seibercom.net> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-2.73, required 5, AWL -0.33, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY 0.00) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: 'File too large' mail delivery error 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: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:28:15 -0000 On 2006-09-30 11:46, Gerard Seibert wrote: > 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= st.seibercom.net>, relay=local, delay=6.5, delays=6.4/0.01/0/0.03, dsn=5.2.2, st > atus=bounced (cannot update mailbox /var/mail/gerard-gmail for user gerard-gmail > . error writing message: File too large) What does postconf have to say about mailbox size limit? # postconf mailbox_size_limit mailbox_size_limit = 51200000 #