Ugh! What is this crazy machine telling me?

I am trying to get the Mail Services in OSX server working. When I was unable to connect to the server on port 25, I changed SMTP logging so that it would start spitting out everything, not just the Critical stuff. Now the machine just keeps pumping out this error:
Dec 27 09:30:37 ool-6038dd35 postfix/master[13363]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 13896 exit status 1
Dec 27 09:30:37 ool-6038dd35 postfix/master[13363]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Dec 27 09:31:37 ool-6038dd35 postfix/smtpd[13941]: fatal: open database /var/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.db: No such file or directory
This is a brand new server, with OSX Server pre-installed on it, so I'd assume that Apple would have this service working, and this file it's looking for already installed.
Can anyone assist in troubleshooting so I can get this show on the road?
Many thanks,
Gary

Pterobyte,
Thanks for responding. Yes, I mistakenly 'tried to create mailing lists for virtual domains' because I was following an Apple Support doc that I thought was used to actually create the Virtual Domains. I later found out from Apple Phone Support that the document was the wrong one to use.
So I did your first fix below. Now the log keeps spitting out:
Dec 28 09:10:49 ool-6038dd35 postfix/smtpd[83921]: fatal: open database /var/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.db: No such file or directory
Dec 28 09:10:50 ool-6038dd35 postfix/master[83843]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 83921 exit status 1
Dec 28 09:10:50 ool-6038dd35 postfix/master[83843]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Over and over again.
Gary

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