Removing the config directory, uninstalling and reinstalling now provides a clean start of postfix:
sudo postfix start postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system Next question is where can I find accurate instructions on setting up the configuration for arch linux to forward mail to my gmail account? Regards Mark -----Original Message----- From: Wietse Venema via Postfix-users <postfix-users@postfix.org> Sent: Sunday, October 8, 2023 7:16 AM To: Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> Cc: Postfix users <postfix-users@postfix.org> Subject: [pfx] Re: Problem setting up postfix on arch linux to forward mail to my gmail account Wietse Venema via Postfix-users: > mwoodpatr...@gmail.com: > > Many thanks for the response, much appreciated. > > > > Doing that I see: > > > > sudo postfix start > > postfix: Postfix is using backwards-compatible default settings > > postfix: See http://www.postfix.org/COMPATIBILITY_README.html for > > details > > postfix: To disable backwards compatibility use "postconf > > compatibility_level=3.6" and "postfix reload" > > postfix: fatal: /usr/lib/postfix/postfix-script: No such file or > > directory > > > > I do have: > > > > ls /usr/lib/postfix/ > > bin libpostfix-dns.so libpostfix-global.so libpostfix-master.so > > libpostfix-tls.so libpostfix-util.so Ignore my response. The instructions at https://linuxaria.com/pills/how-to-configure-postfix-as-smtp-relay-for-gmail -on-archlinux should not be used. cd /etc/postfix And do a copy of the default configuration, just to be sure. $ sudo cp main.cf main.cf-old Now open the file main.cf with your favorite editor and delete everything (with vi just type 1000 dd and copy this configuration: That is why the 'postfix start' cannot find the postfix-script file. Wietse _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
