From: Matt Hayes on
On 8/3/2010 4:50 AM, Dr. Rainer Kaluscha wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we had a mail loop for one user so postfix put all his mails in the
> deferred queue:
>
> to=<user(a)localhost.intern>, status=SOFTBOUNCE (mail forwarding loop for
> user(a)localhost.intern)
>
> Then we removed his .forward file so the mail loop issue was resolved.
> However, postfix keeps the mails in the deferred queue still giving the
> error message above, though local delivery is possible now.
>
> The only solution I found until now was to manually edit the files in
> /var/spool/postfix/deferred and change the adress in the Delivered-To
> header. Nevertheless, I think there should be a better solution, e.g.
> temporarily disabling loop detection.
>
> Any hints would be appreciated.
>
> Thnx in advance,
> Rainer Kaluscha
>
> P.S. We are using postfix-2.3.2, mails are passed through amavisd.
>
> --
> Dr. biol.hum. Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Kaluscha
>
> Forschungsinstitut für Rehabilitationsmedizin an der Universität Ulm
> Sitz: Moorsanatorium Bad Wurzach
> Karl-Wilhelm-Heck-Str. 12
> D-88410 Bad Wurzach
> Tel. ++49 7564 304-162
> Fax ++49 7564 304-8163
> e-mail: rainer.kaluscha(a)uni-ulm.de


Look at man postsuper and reference the -r option

-Matt