This error message is a . It tells you that something broke, but not what broke. Unlike a clear "Connection timed out" or "Relay access denied," this error acts as a catch-all for unexpected internal failures within the Postfix delivery subsystem.
To resolve this issue, you must identify the specific transport that is failing and why it is unavailable. Error unknown mail transport error - Virtualmin Community This error message is a
restorecon -Rv /var/spool/postfix restorecon -Rv /etc/postfix setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail on # If using webmail or scripts To resolve this issue, you must identify the
Decoding the Dreaded “Delivery Temporarily Suspended – Unknown Mail Transport Error” in Postfix Summary Checklist from your logs
Once you believe you have fixed the underlying issue, Postfix will eventually retry on its own. However, you can force it to try again immediately and clear the suspension status by flushing the queue: postqueue -f Use code with caution. Summary Checklist from your logs.
Because the failure happened at the "transport" layer rather than the SMTP protocol layer, Postfix does not know exactly why it failed, so it marks the status as "unknown" and places the email in a deferred queue to try again later.