smtp/tcp (2): bind: address already in use

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> Greetings
> 
> i'm getting this error in my logs once bind is up, i can see that
> inetd is listening on port 25 for mail (sendmail) and as far as i know
> , no other service is running on port 25, so way do i get this error
> from Bind?
> 

	You are getting this error message from inetd.  The bind(2)
	system call is failing.

	Sendmail is normally *not* started from inetd, but instead
	runs as a standalone daemon (-bd) which also scans the queue
	periodically (-q<value>).

	Mark
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