Date:  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:07:40 +0200
From:  Arthur Sherman <arturs (at mark) netvision.net.il>
Subject:  [coba-e:08430] Re: Problem with mail & iptables- cannot bind: Address already in use & Unloading iptables modules [FAILED]
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <001201c72c5e$ec6a35c0$3701a8c0@lapxp>
In-Reply-To:  <1de901c72c59$a627b4c0$0100a8c0@immjrdesktop>
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> Hi,
> 
> I had to use /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop and start instead 
> of service
> sendmail stop...but all is okay with that.(the reboot also 
> helped)..I check
> the maillog and found this
> 
> Dec 30 16:16:26 ns8 spamd[2775]: prefork: syswrite(6) failed, 
> retrying... at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/Mail/SpamAssassin/SpamdForkScal
> ing.pm line
> 554.
> Any way to fix this?
> 
> 
> As for mailscanner..I have not made any changes since it was 
> installed via a
> pkg.
> 
> Regards,
> Mitch
> 
> 
> > I don't know about iptables thing, but regarding sendmail - what if 
> > you shut down sendmail and start it over?:


Try to restart spamd


Best,

--
Arthur Sherman

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