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Topic: Restart SMTP service

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Hi,

Now and then the SMTP on our iRedmail server stops responding. The workaround is to restart the entire server and things are back online. How can I go about 1) monitoring the current status of the SMTP service 2) How to restart the SMTP service when it is froze/not responding without restarting the entire server.

Thanks

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Re: Restart SMTP service

purathal wrote:

Now and then the SMTP on our iRedmail server stops responding.

Have you ever checked your logs to see what's happening?
Grep through the syslog to see if something causes this?

purathal wrote:

How to restart the SMTP service when it is froze/not responding without restarting the entire server.

# sudo /sbin/service postfix start
# sudo /sbin/service postfix stop
# sudo /sbin/service postfix restart
from the commandline.
(You need administrative rights for this ;-) )

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Re: Restart SMTP service

purathal wrote:

Now and then the SMTP on our iRedmail server stops responding.

What do you mean "stops responding"?