a little update on the problem i was able to restart half of the postfix ( it can send email but no local delivery for the moment )
What i have done for that :
in a terminal I do :
root@vps:/home/debian# postfix stop
postfix/postfix-script: stopping the Postfix mail system
root@vps:/home/debian# systemctl status postfix
● postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Sat 2025-02-01 19:42:54 CET; 22s ago
Docs: man:postfix(1)
Process: 288552 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 288552 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 1ms
Feb 01 19:42:54 vps.chaps.com systemd[1]: Starting postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent...
Feb 01 19:42:54 vps.chaps.com systemd[1]: Finished postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
root@vps:/home/debian# systemctl stop postfix
root@vps:/home/debian# systemctl status postfix
○ postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2025-02-01 19:43:51 CET; 4s ago
Duration: 57.025s
Docs: man:postfix(1)
Process: 288552 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 288552 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 1ms
Feb 01 19:42:54 exemple.com systemd[1]: Starting postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent...
Feb 01 19:42:54 exemple.com systemd[1]: Finished postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
Feb 01 19:43:51 exemple.com systemd[1]: postfix.service: Deactivated successfully.
Feb 01 19:43:51 exemple.com systemd[1]: Stopped postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
root@vps:/home/debian# systemctl enable postfix
Synchronizing state of postfix.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable postfix
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/postfix.service → /lib/systemd/system/postfix.service.
root@vps:/home/debian# postfix start
postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
when now i go to Servers>Postfix it is shown as started but i can’t reload the conf
emails are send but not received.
when i go to System>Bootup and Shutdown
postfix.service is stated but postfix@-.service is stopped
I think it’s probably a trouble between systemd and sysV.
I reboot to see what happen :
Servers>Postfix not started
in a terminal
postfix start
Server>Postfix started
Emails are send but not received