[vPostMaster] warning: problem talking to server private/vpm-pfpolicy

[Craig Isdahl]

System information
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Hardware:
Dell PowerEdge 850
GenuineIntel: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
1gb RAM
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CentOS release 4.6 (Final)
vpostmaster-1.42-1
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~]# rpm -qa | grep python
python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2
python-elementtree-1.2.6-7.el4.rf
python-2.3.4-14.4.el4_6.1
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
libxml2-python-2.6.16-10
python-psycopg-1.1.21-4
rpm-python-4.3.3-23_nonptl




I'm at a loss as to what's causing this error (see log file info below); my
initial thought is just plain lack of system resources but:

~]# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1033940     593684     440256          0      32040     252252
-/+ buffers/cache:     309392     724548
Swap:      2104496        280    2104216

~]# uptime
 14:47:31 up  3:24,  1 user,  load average: 0.47, 1.93, 2.91


Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks!
Craig



We are seeing lots of the following in our logs; relevant lines grepped from
maillog:

Mar 11 14:27:17 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9227]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:18 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9237]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:22 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9255]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:26 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9263]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:28 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9256]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:28 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9267]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:28 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9269]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:28 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9270]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:28 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9272]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:32 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9225]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:32 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9290]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:32 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9291]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:34 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9304]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:35 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9303]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:38 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9310]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:41 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9317]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:41 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9320]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:42 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9311]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:45 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9355]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:55 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9327]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:55 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9313]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:56 mail2 postfix/smtpd[8001]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:56 mail2 postfix/smtpd[8002]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:27:56 mail2 postfix/smtpd[7999]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:28:01 mail2 postfix/smtpd[8024]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:28:01 mail2 postfix/smtpd[8026]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:28:04 mail2 postfix/smtpd[5615]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:28:04 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9388]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:12 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9924]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:12 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9923]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:13 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9925]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:13 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9926]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:14 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9902]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:17 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9941]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:20 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9947]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:23 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9952]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:23 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9953]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:30:31 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9860]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:31:46 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9874]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:31:53 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9924]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:31:54 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9923]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:31:54 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9925]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:31:54 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9926]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:31:55 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9902]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out
Mar 11 14:31:58 mail2 postfix/smtpd[9941]: warning: problem talking to
server private/vpm-pfpolicy: Connection timed out