Postfix error

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Michael Hipp wrote:
> I'm getting this every time I try to start postfix:
>
> Sep 26 22:34:00 dorcas postfix/master[3912]: fatal: bind <myipaddr> port 25: Address already in use
>
> nmap, netstat, lsof all show nothing listening on port 25. I've tried a reboot just to clear things out. Google returns a zillion hits on this message but no definitive answers (all responses are like "something is using port 25, do you have sendmail installed?").
>
> Any pointers on how to troubleshoot/fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> P.S. This install of Ubuntu is running virtual on VMware Server if it makes a difference.

Stale lock file?  Did you try stracing the process to see how/where its 
deciding that the port is in use?

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