From: Alex Stram (alexsilenceisdefeat.org)
Date: Tue Mar 30 2004 - 01:59:33 CST

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Hi there,
My server is running Postfix Version 2.0 Patchlevel 19.

When I start postfix, all goes well. Postfix smtpd can run for days at a
time with no problem. Everything is working fine, including my aliases
defined in /etc/postfix/virtual.

However, when I edit /etc/postfix/virtual, and do a "postmap
/etc/postfix/virtual", and restart postfix, it crashes within i'd say
15-30 minutes or so. it then periodically crashes every 30 minutes - 2
hours, until i reboot the entire server. Once the server has been
rebooted, postfix will run without error, with the new aliases.

Of course I checked out /var/log/maillog, however, this is all i found:

 Mar 29 23:10:35 Brunner postfix/local[8057]: 35F7C11F4B6:
to=<alexsilenceisdefeat.org>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent
("|/usr/local/bin/procmail -f- -a "$USER"$
Mar 11 20:01:43 Brunner postfix/master[21239]: fatal: event_loop:
select: Invalid argument
Mar 29 23:27:52 Brunner postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix
mail system

As you can see, the last time the server is definitely up is at 23:10 on
March 29th, however this is followed by an incorrectly time/date stamped
entry, which shows a "fatal: event_loop: select: Invalid argument". I
couldn't find anything about this error, but I think it is peculiar that
the date of this entry is 18 days in the past.

Here is what my /etc/postfix/virtual file reads:

bash-2.05b# cat /etc/postfix/virtual
innovateyour.com anything
alexinnovateyour.com alexsilenceisdefeat.org
donatesilenceisdefeat.org alexsilenceisdefeat.org
supportsilenceisdefeat.org alexsilenceisdefeat.org
abusesilenceisdefeat.org alexsilenceisdefeat.org
rootsilenceisdefeat.org alexsilenceisdefeat.org'

Silenceisdefeat.org is set as the local host, so there is no entry for
it in this file.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

        Thanks,
                Alex

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