Postfix Warning: Plugin Configured but server is not configured as mail server

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by chrisale, Aug 25, 2024.

  1. chrisale

    chrisale Member

    Hi all,
    I was just logging in to update to the latest release and after doing that I am running into this warning on the web admin side:
    "Warning postfix_server_plugin: plugin is enabled but this server is not configured as a mail server."
    And postfix status at the terminal is active(exited).
    Dovecot is still active(running).
    I was troubleshooting some certificate issues in another thread but I don't think I have changed anything on the server that would have caused this?

    Server: Debian 12
     
    chrisale, Aug 25, 2024
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  2. chrisale

    chrisale Member

    I believe this is may be a red herring as an issue. My email services seem to be responding fine (I believe it might have been a temporary ban that was causing my email client to fail connection) but postfix status still reports to be "active(exited)"

    I would still like to have confirmation on this message from postfix and from the Web Admin interface being expected behaviour?
     
    chrisale, Aug 25, 2024
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  3. Taleman

    Taleman Well-Known Member HowtoForge Supporter

    That is normal.
    I do not know, but I guess it shows exited because the master process starts child processes to do the work and exits itself.
     
    Taleman, Aug 25, 2024
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  4. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Most likely, you disabled mail service under system > server services. Also, you might have made a mistake when running the update as root. Debian 12 requires it when you are logging in as a non root user to use "su -" or "su --login", if you would just use "su" then the root user will not find all installed software, so updates will give errors then.
     
    till, Aug 26, 2024
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