Slackware: strange problem with smtp

[upup2]

Hi guys

Eventually I installed Qmail on my Slackware 9.1. I stopped by step 11, so i got pop3/smtp server without imap or any web interface.
It works fine, except when I reboot the system...infact, qmail-smtpd starts without any error but actually it doesn't work correctly!
If I perform a telnet localhost 25, i get this:


Tryng 127.0.0.1...
Connected to locahost.
Escape character is '^]'.

...and that's it!! It goes back to bash, without any error.
The only way to see mi smtp working in this case, is to wait 10 minutes after the login, stop and then restart qmailctl

and finally the result is:

Tryng 127.0.0.1...
Connected to locahost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 my.domain ESMTP


that's too bad...

What's wrong???
I know you guys can help me... :wink: :wink:

Regards

[upup2]

If this can help, here is what i see in my /var/log/qmail/qmail-smtpd/current log file:
@" a very long umber" tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address already used

Dunno exactly what this means, but i swear I don't have a replicate address in my lan!! (it says "already used"...doh!)

[Bookworm]

This REALLY needs to be in a FAQ

check the logs.

The logs for QmailRocks are as follows.

/var/log/qmail/qmail-pop3d/current
/var/log/qmail/qmail-smtpd/current
/var/log/qmail/qmail-send/current
/var/log/maillog

Also check the 'service' errors

ps -aufwx | grep service

BW