Postfix fails to start automatically

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What type of hardware are you using: Old laptop or computer
What YunoHost version are you running: 12.0.7
How are you able to access your server: The webadmin
Are you in a special context or did you perform specific tweaking on your YunoHost instance ?: No

Describe your issue

Hello all…

I’m not sure when it started, but recently, when I reboot my server, which isn’t often, the Postfix service fails to start. I have to go in using the UI/Services and start it from there. It’s not a problem, more of an inconvenience and one I’d like to get rid of if I can.

If anyone can help me fix it, I’d be greatful

Best wishes

Dj

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Hello,
When you run systemctl status postfix, can you see that it is enabled (on the Loaded line).

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If not, run the command systemctl enable postfix and then restart it with systemctl restart postfix. When you get the status again, it should be fine

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@abc Sorry for the late reply and thanks for reaching out…
So when I do:
systemctl status postfix
I get:
● postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Thu 2025-07-17 17:24:30 BST; 1 week 0 days ago
Docs: man:postfix(1)
Main PID: 1759 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 872us
Many thanks
Dj

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Then it’s beyond my knowledge. Maybe you have some logs to share.

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@abc indeed, next time I do a reboot, I shall try and grab a log before manually restarting the service.

Thanks again

dj