Postfix: Temporary failure

After a system crash (caused by overloaded on Power Source) my Postfix is not working properly, symptoms:

- sent and receive (SMTP & POP) work normal, no error
- no mail received
- in mail log there is “temporary failure” words

Workaround:

- look at the log detail
- this error is not caused by postfix software, but by it’s supported softwares
- make sure mysql (database), amavis (antivirus), spamassassin (spam blocker) are running

Here’s an example of failed amavis:

Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 postfix/smtpd[10079]: warning: 202.57.4.66: address not listed for hostname mail.id.dbsvickers.com
Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 postfix/smtpd[10079]: connect from unknown[202.57.4.66]
Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 postfix/smtpd[10079]: E313914D7E8: client=unknown[202.57.4.66]
Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 postfix/cleanup[8259]: E313914D7E8: message-id=<2PwwjhNaX0000a226@dbsvi-es01.id.dbsvickers.com>
Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 postfix/qmgr[4947]: E313914D7E8: from=<>, size=2799, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 amavis(client)[10140]: failed to connect(): Connection refused
Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 amavis(client)[10140]: failing with EX_TEMPFAIL: Connection refused
Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 postfix/smtpd[10079]: disconnect from unknown[202.57.4.66]
Nov 10 09:08:11 smtp3 postfix/pipe[10071]: E313914D7E8: to=<cyrus8randolph9@EmaillionairesEmail.com>, relay=vscan, delay=0, status=deferred (temporary failure
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Tags: postfix, temporary failure