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

[Barry Margolin]

In article <a8cn53$bed at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Manfred Kral <kral at webreflect.de> wrote:
>when i get this message:
>smtp/tcp (2): bind: Address already in use
>
>
>what is wron in my configuration???

This has nothing to do with the BIND nameserver; the "bind" in that message
refers to the bind(2) system call.

Anyway, it means that two processes are both trying to run servers on port
25.  Like you tried to start up a new sendmail daemon without killing the
old one first.

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