Errors in the mail log

Fri Apr 9 15:43:28 IST 2004

Just in case, a more detailed explanation for the "address already in use"
and "can't create socket" is that when you already have a sendmail process
listening on a specific interface and port, another sendmail process started
independently (or any other process for that matter) can't use them at the
same time.

-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Billy A. Pumphrey
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 9:38 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Errors in the mail log

PROBLEM #1 (HAPPENED FIRST)

I installed Rules Du Jour with everyone's help and it seems to be working
since the headers have rule reports from BigEvil and I didn't have this
installed before.

However I have had multiple people email me and say that they have had an
increase of spam now, some 50 more per day and some 20 more per day.  Also I
have noticed that the spam box doesn't receive as much as it used to either
(I have spam forwarded to a email address).

Would anyone know the reason for this, or a way I can track down what
happened?

PROBLEM #2 (HAPPENED NEXT DAY)

This probably happened because of me doing something where I don't know what
I was doing.  One thing that I changed was the alias file, I changed it to
the following:

# Person who should get root's mail

root:          administrator at woodmaclaw.com

So I was getting roots email and the spam filter was working but with
PROBLEM #1's condition.  Today I come in and I have these errors in the log
and the filter doesn't seem to be working at all at the moment.   

Help is greatly appreciated.  Than you very much.

 [root at MailScanner etc]# tail -f /var/log/maillog

Apr  9 09:20:07 MailScanner sendmail[14050]: alias database /etc/aliases
rebuilt

 by bpumphrey

Apr  9 09:20:07 MailScanner sendmail[14050]: /etc/aliases: 63 aliases,
longest 1

0 bytes, 625 bytes total

Apr  9 09:20:07 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: starting daemon (8.12.8): SMTP

Apr  9 09:20:07 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:07 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:07 MailScanner sm-msp-queue[14064]: starting daemon (8.12.8):
queue

ing at 00:15:00

Apr  9 09:20:07 MailScanner sendmail[14070]: starting daemon (8.12.8):
queueing@

00:15:00

Apr  9 09:20:11 MailScanner MailScanner[14089]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
Scanner

 version 4.25-14 starting...

Apr  9 09:20:12 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:12 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:16 MailScanner MailScanner[14089]: Using locktype = flock

Apr  9 09:20:17 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:17 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:21 MailScanner MailScanner[14094]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
Scanner

 version 4.25-14 starting...

Apr  9 09:20:22 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:22 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:26 MailScanner MailScanner[14094]: Using locktype = flock

Apr  9 09:20:27 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:27 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:31 MailScanner MailScanner[14096]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
Scanner

 version 4.25-14 starting...

Apr  9 09:20:31 MailScanner sendmail[14095]: i39EKUDH014095: from=<>,
size=27524

, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<405AFEE70033095E at dpo2w2p.servers.epost.de>,
bodytype

=8BITMIME, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=mail.epost.de [193.28.100.151]

Apr  9 09:20:32 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:32 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:35 MailScanner sendmail[14098]: i39EKUDH014095:
to=<jacobson at woodma

claw.com>, delay=00:00:04, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=30461,
relay=[10.1

.1.2] [10.1.1.2], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (
<405AFEE70033095E at dpo2w2p.servers.epost

.de> Queued mail for delivery)

Apr  9 09:20:36 MailScanner MailScanner[14096]: Using locktype = flock

Apr  9 09:20:37 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:37 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:41 MailScanner MailScanner[14099]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
Scanner

 version 4.25-14 starting...

Apr  9 09:20:42 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:42 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:46 MailScanner MailScanner[14099]: Using locktype = flock

Apr  9 09:20:47 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:47 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:51 MailScanner MailScanner[14100]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
Scanner

 version 4.25-14 starting...

Apr  9 09:20:52 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:52 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:56 MailScanner MailScanner[14100]: Using locktype = flock

Apr  9 09:20:57 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Apr  9 09:20:57 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: daemon MTA: problem creating
SMTP s

ocket

Apr  9 09:20:57 MailScanner sendmail[14059]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
opendaemonso

cket: daemon MTA: server SMTP socket wedged: exiting

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