Error Msgs preventing mail sending

[theYinYeti]

I can't send mail anymore. See here for more details:

http://mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=6959

 

I've just tried configuring Postfix just as explained by tutorials I downloaded, but nothing changed. But I have error messages. Please tell me what's wrong:

 

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Sep 21 22:01:24 sedentaire postfix/master[5520]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling



==> mail/errors <==

Sep 21 20:02:24 sedentaire postfix/smtp[6129]: fatal: unknown service: smtp/tcp



==> mail/warnings <==

Sep 21 20:02:25 sedentaire postfix/nqmgr[5526]: warning: premature end-of-input on private/smtp socket while reading input attribute name

Sep 21 20:02:25 sedentaire postfix/nqmgr[5526]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response

Sep 21 20:02:25 sedentaire postfix/nqmgr[5526]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description

Sep 21 22:02:25 sedentaire postfix/master[5520]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 6129 exit status 1

Sep 21 22:02:25 sedentaire postfix/master[5520]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling



==> mail/info <==

Sep 21 20:02:26 sedentaire last message repeated 2 times

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That's the output of tail -f. What's wrong?

 

Yves.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I don't really understand this, but this might help you?

 

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/pos...03-02/1477.html

 

If you click the 'Sort by thread', you'll be able to view the responses.

 

I think you need to be concerned about this line:

Sep 21 20:02:24 sedentaire postfix/smtp[6129]: fatal: unknown service: smtp/tcp

 

 

I think it's because smtp cannot read /etc/services(?)

[theYinYeti]

That indeed seems to be the answer. I'll look at it closier. Thanks for the link :)

 

Yves.