Hello list, Postfix is dying on one of my servers almost nightly. This system is running CentOS5 with postfix-2.3.3-2. In the morning (after noticing it died) I try to run `service postfix stop` and I get a failed start. Running `ps ax | grep postfix` I can see one process still running for postfix. After killing this, I am able to run `service postfix start`. I see a lot of this in my maillog: Nov 7 00:25:13 servername postfix/smtpd[16727]: lost connection after CONNECT from unknown[201.251.x.x] Nov 7 00:25:13 servername postfix/smtpd[16715]: disconnect from unknown[201.251.x.x] Nov 7 00:25:13 servername postfix/smtpd[16727]: disconnect from unknown[201.251.x.x] Nov 7 00:25:13 servername postfix/smtpd[16723]: warning: connect to private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable Nov 7 00:25:13 servername postfix/smtpd[16723]: warning: problem talking to server private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable Nov 7 00:25:13 servername postfix/smtpd[16723]: lost connection after CONNECT from unknown[201.251.x.x] Nov 7 00:25:13 servername postfix/smtpd[16723]: disconnect from unknown[201.251.x.x] Nov 7 00:27:22 servername postfix/smtpd[16184]: warning: timeout on private/anvil while reading input attribute name Nov 7 00:27:22 servername postfix/smtpd[16184]: warning: problem talking to server private/anvil: Connection timed out Nov 7 00:27:22 servername postfix/smtpd[16910]: warning: timeout on private/anvil while reading input attribute name Nov 7 00:27:22 servername postfix/smtpd[16910]: warning: problem talking to server private/anvil: Connection timed out Nov 7 00:27:22 servername postfix/smtpd[16726]: warning: timeout on private/anvil while reading input attribute name Nov 7 00:27:22 servername postfix/smtpd[16726]: warning: problem talking to server private/anvil: Connection timed out Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16184]: warning: connect to private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16184]: warning: problem talking to server private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16184]: lost connection after CONNECT from unknown[201.251.x.x] Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16184]: disconnect from unknown[201.251.x.x] Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16910]: warning: connect to private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16910]: warning: problem talking to server private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16910]: lost connection after CONNECT from unknown[86.123.x.x] Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16910]: disconnect from unknown[86.123.x.x] Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16726]: warning: connect to private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16726]: warning: problem talking to server private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16726]: lost connection after CONNECT from cpe-024-x-x-x.carolina.x.x.com[24.74.x.x] Nov 7 00:27:23 servername postfix/smtpd[16726]: disconnect from cpe-024-074-x-x.carolina.x.x.com[24.74.x.x] TIA for any suggestions. -- Paul Norton Systems Administrator Neoverve - www.neoverve.com Neoverve Blog - http://blog.neoverve.com/