My guess is that you're right and postfix shouldn't both be running on here, but that leaves me puzzled as to what was acting as the MUA. I'm on RHEL 7.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 11:50 AM Andrew C Aitchison <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Dec 2022, Johnnie W Adams via Exim-users wrote: > > > Hi, folks, > > > > Twice recently, my outbound SMTP server has stopped working for no > > apparent reason. There's nothing in the logs but this: > > > > Dec 19 10:02:22 mailserver2 systemd: Starting Postfix Mail Transport > > Agent... > > > > Dec 19 10:02:22 mailserver2 systemd: Stopping Exim Mail Transport > Agent... > > > > Dec 19 10:02:22 mailserver2 systemd: Stopped Exim Mail Transport Agent. > > > > Dec 19 10:02:22 mailserver2 systemd: Started Postfix Mail Transport > Agent. > > > > This is new behavior. Postfix had (I thought) been happily passing > > mail off to Exim until just recently. What's up? > > Exim knows nothing about systemd. > > What OS is this ? > My guess is that systemd "knows" that you can't have two mail servers > running at the same time. > > -- > Andrew C. Aitchison Kendal, UK > [email protected] > -- John Adams Senior Linux/Middleware Administrator | Information Technology Services +1-501-916-3010 | [email protected] | http://ualr.edu/itservices *UA Little Rock* Reminder: IT Services will never ask for your password over the phone or in an email. Always be suspicious of requests for personal information that come via email, even from known contacts. For more information or to report suspicious email, visit IT Security <http://ualr.edu/itservices/security/>. -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
