Author: Simon Alman Date: To: Johann Spies CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] 2003-07-30 11:28:47 socket bind() to port 25 for address
146.232.128.43 failed:
I'd check you aren't already running another MTA i.e. Sendmail (or
another exim instance) on that port already.
Close down your exim and run `nmap 127.0.0.1` to check if anything is
running on port 25. If there is something then close it down and re-run
exim.
Regards
Simon
Johann Spies wrote:
>I am trying to set up a test machine for spam filtering by duplicating
>mail delivery for a specific user from machine A (146.232.128.43) to
>machine B where spamassassin is installed. There is something wrong
>with my configuration which causes the following error
>message in /var/log/exim4/mainlog on the machine B.:
>
>---------------------
>2003-07-30 11:32:17 socket bind() to port 25 for address
>146.232.128.43 failed:
>Cannot assign requested address: waiting before trying again
>2003-07-30 11:32:47 socket bind() to port 25 for address
>146.232.128.43 failed:
>Cannot assign requested address: daemon abandoned
>-----------------------
>
>I don't know where to look for this mistake and would appreciate some
>help please.
>
>Regards
>Johann
>
>
