postfix does not send messages - just queues up [SOLVED]

[svancouw]

I recently got my postfix working, but after installing ISPConfig, postfix seems to not be able to send messages. Here are the results when i tail /var/log/messages:

Dec 2 17:19:17 ns1 postfix/cleanup[24804]: fatal: open dictionary: expecting "type:name" form instead of "hash:"
Dec 2 17:19:18 ns1 postfix/master[17614]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/cleanup pid 24804 exit status 1
Dec 2 17:19:18 ns1 postfix/master[17614]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/cleanup: bad command startup -- throttling
Dec 2 17:20:18 ns1 postfix/cleanup[24845]: fatal: open dictionary: expecting "type:name" form instead of "hash:"
Dec 2 17:20:19 ns1 postfix/master[17614]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/cleanup pid 24845 exit status 1
Dec 2 17:20:19 ns1 postfix/master[17614]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/cleanup: bad command startup -- throttling

I have 8 messages in my queue, and flushing the queue has no effect.

The only thing different is that I installed ISPConfig, but it didn't seem to make any modifications to postifx/sendmail.

Any configurations asked for will be provided.

Thanks!

Sean

[svancouw]

I should mention that I just now noticed that mysql seems to stop responding now and again for an unknown reason. When I restart the service I get:

...rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already exists in "/var/run/mysql/mysqld.sock"

The mysql error logs shed no light on the matter. I use both the command line and Webmin to manage the server.

[magic919]

[svancouw]

Well, it looks like you were correct.

I could not determine what it had changed, so I went through the main.cf file line-by-line and made any changes that looked necessary. Unfortunately, I somehow made it worse. I ended up using the original backup of the file I created, and now it's working again.

I'm becoming rather dis-enfranchised with ISPConfig, as it is causing some major problems, and the level of control is not enough to make it work properly. It seems that I have to adjust the system to match what ISPConfig is capable of doing, and I would rather not have to make my system run in a non-standard fashion.

Sean