Red Hat Satellite 6 is No Longer Sending Email Notifications.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Red Hat Satellite has stopped delivering email notifications to users. The following warnings are recorded in the /var/log/maillog:

    Aug 20 16:04:36 satellite@example.com postfix/postqueue[1588023]: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing 
queue directly
Aug 20 16:29:39 satellite@example.com postfix/postqueue[1602941]: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing 
queue directly

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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