Re: postfix won't restart

RVP <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.general
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Tue, 18 Aug 2026, Steve Blinkhorn wrote:

> This is NetBSD_9.2 amd64 on a server that is only used to send outgoing
> automastic emails to clients when they have made use of our services.
>
> Last changes to main/master.cf two years ago, otherwise running since
> 2016.  I can't tell when it fell over, but 'postfix start' fails with
> no diagnostic error message.
>
> Where to start?
>

1. Run: postfix status

2. Re-run postfix with the `-v' flag: postfix stop; postfix -v start

3. Check for any errors: /var/log/maillog

-RVP
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