PLEASE HELP!!! Postfix master service is stop, after change a NFS HDD

Hello,

I Just replace and nfs hard disk that was running out of space, the mail service see the new hdd and it contains all mails since a rsync -apvh command was running to copy all files and permissions.

When I check the status of Postfix server it shows the following:
[root@mail log]# service postfix status
master is stopped

When I try to start the service the logs shows the following:
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Jun 30 01:57:27 mail postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
Jun 30 01:57:27 mail postfix/master[10908]: fatal: bind 127.0.0.1 port 25: Address already in use
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I tried once again and the logs are:
Jun 30 02:00:33 mail postfix/postfix-script: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
Jun 30 02:00:34 mail postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
Jun 30 02:01:57 mail postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
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If I start the sendmail service I can sent email succesfully.

I have another server that is working and when I tried to send an email to an account on the fault server the logs shows the following:
Jun 30 01:36:04 mail postfix/smtp[26875]: 876F6E058E: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0.53, delays=0.29/0/0.24/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mail.domain.com[192.168.1.1]:25: Connection refused)

**For security reasons I changed the IP

The server is running over centos 5.5 and ISP Config 3

Thanks in advance

 

Hello Till,

I already try that and It did not work
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[root@mail log]# service sendmail status
sendmail is stopped
[root@mail log]# service postfix status
master is stopped
[root@mail log]# service postfix start
Starting postfix: [ OK ]
[root@mail log]# service postfix status
master is stopped
[root@mail log]#
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Thanks in advance for your help

 

Till,

I found this in the log when I tried to restart the service again:


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Jun 30 02:24:43 mail postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
Jun 30 02:24:43 mail postfix/master[15279]: fatal: bind 2803:d200:0:4000::185 port 25: Cannot assign requested address

 

this is another log when I tried to send a mail with the service sendmail stop:
Jun 30 02:33:26 mail sendmail[16602]: v5U8XP7X016602: to=[email protected] ctladdr=[email protected] (48/48), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30587, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

 

Till,

It seem no service is using 25 port:


I don't know if this log is telling me which IP is using port 25:
Jun 30 02:56:42 mail postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
Jun 30 02:56:42 mail postfix/master[4617]: fatal: bind 2003:d200:0:40c::140 port 25: Cannot assign requested address

It seems that the IPv6 2003:d200:0:40c::140 is using that port. I am wrong? How can I tell the system not look for IPv6 for port 25?

 

this is the log when I tried to send an email:
Jun 30 03:07:33 mail sendmail[6283]: v5U97XD8006283: to=[email protected] ctladdr=[email protected] (48/48), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30576, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

 

till,

I already found the issue, there was a line in the master.cf file telling postfix to bind smtp to the IPv6 show in the logs.

The IPv6 was no longer available, I commented that line and reload the services.

Thanks for all your help.

 

Hello till,

After this changes the forward options are only working in one domain, could you please let me know which parameters i can check in order to test the forward option.


Thanks in advance...