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What does the message Socket bind() to port 25 for address (any) failed: address already in use mean?

April 26, 2017address bind failed mean message port socket

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What does the message Socket bind() to port 25 for address (any) failed: address already in use mean?

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A0015: You are trying to run an Exim daemon when there is one already running – or maybe some other MTA is running, or perhaps you have an SMTP line in /etc/inetd.conf which is causing inetd to listen on port 25.

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A0019: You are trying to run an Exim daemon when there is one already running – or maybe some other MTA is running, or perhaps you have an SMTP line in /etc/inetd.conf which is causing inetd to listen on port 25.