Re: [webmin-l] I have found out the reason why Postfix keeps getting killed by OOM Killer

[Andrey R. <anr...@ya...>]

Greetings, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via webadmin-list!

> This morning, on 2nd March 2025 Sunday, I suddenly had an idea. I started
> checking the Mail Queue. There were 115 messages stuck in the Mail Queue!
> After some deliberation, I decided to clear the mail queue.

And what was in these messages?
That should have been the first question you've had.
WHY did they stuck in the loop?
I have an unhealthy few of those stuck regularly trying to reach their
error-path on unreachable destination.

> After clearing the mail queue, my postfix service resumed normal service
> and no longer gets killed by the OOM Killer. Clearing the mail queue
> actually solved the problem!

There are Postfix users <pos...@po...> mailing list where you
could have better support for specifically postfix questions.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 15:42:04

Sorry for my terrible english...