Dennis Putnam:
> Hi Wietse,
> 
> I am running OS X (10.6.2) but beyond that I don't know what

This suggests that MacOS /dev/urandom has a broken poll() interface.
What other /dev/*random devices do you have? As long as you use a
device that does not block, Postfix will be fine.

> security software might interfere as Apple hides a lot from the
> admin. However, as I stated in an earlier reply, TLS seems to be
> working without that parameter. The only thing that gives me pause,
> is that I get this warning in the log for incoming TLS connections:
> 
> postfix/tlsmgr[67966]: warning: no entropy source specified with
> parameter tls_random_source
> 
> I don't know if that is something I need to worry about or not.

It just means that it will take more time before Postfix accumulates
enough randomness to make cryptokeys unpredictable.

        Wietse

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