Description of problem: Postfix 2.3.3 rejects instead of defers mail when mailbox_command dies with a signal. Previous versions of Postfix (like postfix-2.2.8-1.2 in FC5) correctly defer mail for later delivery instead of bouncing messages which causes email to be lost. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): postfix-2.3.3-2 How reproducible: Easy to reproduce by configuring mailbox_command to run a command that dies with a signal (like signal 11 due to a bug in the program). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Send the configured mailbox_command a signal. 2. Watch postfix bounce the email. Additional info: This bug is fixed upstream in postfix 2.3.5. From the 2.3.5 changelog: 20061207 Compatibility with Postfix < 2.3: undo the change to bounce instead of defer after pipe-to-command delivery fails with a signal. File: global/pipe_command.c.
Please have a look at postfix-2.4.5-2.fc6 in FC-6-testing.
Unfortunately, will be unable to test this as I don't have any FC6 machines any more, they have all been updated to F7 which doesn't have this issue in package postfix-2.4.3-2.fc7.
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I'm going ahead and closing this bug WONTFIX since F6 is EOL and F7 fixes the bug since it has the newer postfix package.