Postfix is throwing 'bad command startup -- throttling' messages in maillog
Issue
- Getting warning messages in maillog file:-
postfix/smtp[2435]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/generic.db: No such file or directory
postfix/master[1740]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtp pid 2435 exit status 1
postfix/master[1740]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling
- Are these messages harmful?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
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