Postfix gives "fatal: the Postfix mail system is already running" message in /var/log/maillog
Issue
- Postfix gives the following message in /var/log/maillog
postfix/postfix-script: fatal: the Postfix mail system is already running
What does this message mean, and is any action required regarding it?
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Postfix
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