Nginx Port already in use

Nginx Port already in use

Starting nginx...nginx: [emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:143 failed (98: Address already in use)

If this issue is bothering you never take much worry about that just you have to do simple 2 commands that will give you a solution.

Command 1

netstat -lnp |grep :143

Result

udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:143                 0.0.0.0:*                               1736/portreserve

Command 2

kill -9 1736

Result

Success.