[Spambayes] RE: [spambayes-bugs] Can't start sb_server.py

[Tony Meyer]

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> I have a problem that appeared when I changed from version 
> 1.0a7 to 1.0a9 under SuSE Linux 9.0 and python 2.3.  When I 
> start sb_server.py I get the following result.  Can someone 
> decipher the messages and give me a hint as to what I need to 
> do to fix the problem?
[...]
> socket.error: (98, 'Address already in use')

It appears that one of the local ports that you are attempting to use
(either for a POP3 proxy, SMTP proxy or the web interface) is already in
use, so you need to use another one.

>From the traceback, it looks like the most likely culprit is a SMTP proxy,
so try changing this first.

To check if a port is already in use, just do "telnet localhost PORT" in a
command window (where PORT is, for example, 25, 8880, and so on).  If you
can't connect, the port is free.  If you can, then it's not.

=Tony Meyer

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