Re: postfix can't send and receive mails

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 11/10/08 04:19, Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
>
> Debian Etch
>
>
> Postfix can't send and receive mails.
>
>
> On running;
> # /etc/init.d/postfix check
>
> # tail /var/log/mail.log
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .arj  tried:
> arj, unarj
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .arc  tried:
> nomarch, arc
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .zoo  tried:
> zoo
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .lha  tried:
> lha
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .doc  tried:
> ripole
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .cab  tried:
> cabextract
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .tnef
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: Internal decoder for .tnef
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .exe  tried:
> rar, unrar; lha; arj, unarj
> Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: (!!) TROUBLE in pre_loop_hook:
> db_home directory is not writable: /var/lib/amavis/db at
> /usr/sbin/amavisd-new line 6921.
>
>
> Please advise where shall I check and how to fix the problem.  TIA

This is an amavis issue, not a postfix problem.

If no Windows boxes are using this machine as a mail server, then 
you can drop amavis.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

If you don't agree with me, you are worse than Hitler!!!