Paul Norton wrote: > Christopher Chan wrote: >> Paul Norton wrote: > > >>> 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`. >> >> Which process is it? smtpd? master? > > Master > Do you sometimes find anvil missing? I wonder if you can strace master and see what it is doing or waiting for...