daemon MTA: problem creating SMTP socket

[Derek Winkler]

This is realated to your MTA, obviously...

Address already in use

You've tried to start your MTA but something was already listening on port
25.

May be due to not shutting down the sendmail service after installing
MailScanner.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Idan Plotnik
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 3:20 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: daemon MTA: problem creating SMTP socket
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have had a problem with my sendmail-8.12.8, this what to
> maillog show
> me:
>
> May 21 18:43:08 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: daemon MTA: problem creating
> SMTP socket
> May 21 18:43:13 MR-doar MailScanner[2164]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.30.3 starting...
> May 21 18:43:13 MR-doar MailScanner[2164]: Using locktype = flock
> May 21 18:43:13 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use
> May 21 18:43:13 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: daemon MTA: problem creating
> SMTP socket
> May 21 18:43:18 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use
> May 21 18:43:18 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: daemon MTA: problem creating
> SMTP socket
> May 21 18:43:23 MR-doar MailScanner[2165]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.30.3 starting...
> May 21 18:43:23 MR-doar MailScanner[2165]: Using locktype = flock
> May 21 18:43:23 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use
> May 21 18:43:23 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: daemon MTA: problem creating
> SMTP socket
> May 21 18:43:28 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use
> May 21 18:43:28 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: daemon MTA: problem creating
> SMTP socket
> May 21 18:43:28 MR-doar sendmail[2091]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: server SMTP socket wedged: exiting
>
> I tried to do anthing you can think about until I dicaided to
> uninstall
> MailScanner, and after that everything work just fine.
> Someone can tell me what is the problem ?
>
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
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