"lost connection with xxxx.com[123.123.123.123] while sending end of data -- message may be sent more than once” in /var/log/message

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Mail is deferred with below messages:
postfix/smtp: lost connection with xxxx.com[123.123.123.123] while sending end of data -- message may be sent more than once
  • After retries, the deferred mail can be sent successfully.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Postfix

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