Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:46:27 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 'File too large' mail delivery error Message-ID: <20060930114036.5EB3.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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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=<gerard-gmail@localho 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) 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. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.nethome | help
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