Exactly although Postfix stuff should go to /var/log/mail.log (mine does). It was Viktor who suggested doing that - he’s much more an expert on the internals involved. I build (make) on 10.9.5, then tar the directory, copy it to the target system, untar, and then make upgrade. Works fine although I’m sure there’s some things Postfix is dependent on that needs to be on both.
I know Viktor was interested in the logging issues but didn’t have time to dig into it but the recent thread about logging tells me as Postfix depends on system logging, the only way to avoid Apple’s unified logging would be to build your own log handler. But that’s something that is way beyond me. -- Larry Stone lston...@stonejongleux.com > On Nov 6, 2017, at 12:10 PM, James Reynolds <reyno...@biology.utah.edu> wrote: > > Larry, > Can you explain what you mean by the current Apple logging system? You mean > the unified logging? Are you avoiding this by building postfix on 10.9.5 and > then copying it to a 10.12+ computer so that it logs to /var/log/system.log > instead? You haven't had any other problems doing this? > > I ask because I need to update my mail server that's running on macos. > > James Reynolds > Sr Systems Administrator > Department of Biology > The University of Utah > 801-585-3086 > >> On Oct 27, 2017, at 6:45 AM, Larry Stone <lston...@stonejongleux.com> wrote: >> >> I have run a test upgrade to High Sierra and Postfix ran fine. I currently >> only use Postfix to relay mail generated by system services on the Macintosh >> to my external mail service. Postfix started fine and a test message was >> sent using the sendmail command which made it out. >> >> Postfix version is the latest 3.2.3. However, due to the current Apple >> logging system, I build (make) Postfix on an older system running the final >> version of Mavericks (10.9.5) and then copy the build directory to the >> target system to run make upgrade. >> >> -- >> Larry Stone >> lston...@stonejongleux.com >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Oct 27, 2017, at 5:11 AM, sergio.pozzetti <ser...@pozzetti.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I use postfix to relay e-mail to a Google Account, which has been working >>> flawlessly up until now. >>> I'm running out of options here. After upgrading to MacOS High Sierra, >>> postfix simply won't start: >>> >>> sh-3.2# postfix -v start >>> postfix: name_mask: ipv4 >>> postfix: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv4 addresses >>> postfix: Postfix is running with backwards-compatible default settings >>> postfix: See http://www.postfix.org/COMPATIBILITY_README.html for details >>> postfix: To disable backwards compatibility use "postconf >>> compatibility_level=2" and "postfix reload" >>> postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system >>> postfix/postfix-script: fatal: mail system startup failed >>> >>> All I get in /var/log/mai.log aside from this is "fatal: daemon >>> initialization failure". >>> >>> (1) I can't figure out where postfix might be dumping more information; >>> (2) I didn't change anything in my main.cf other than commenting out >>> "mydomain_fallback = localhost" which was apparently deprecated. >>> >>> Other than that my postconf -n output looks like this: >>> >>> biff = no >>> command_directory = /usr/sbin >>> daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix >>> data_directory = /var/lib/postfix >>> debug_peer_level = 2 >>> debugger_command = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin ddd >>> $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5 >>> html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html >>> inet_protocols = ipv4 >>> mail_owner = _postfix >>> mailbox_size_limit = 0 >>> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq >>> manpage_directory = /usr/share/man >>> message_size_limit = 10485760 >>> mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, [::1]/128 >>> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases >>> queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix >>> readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix >>> recipient_delimiter = + >>> relayhost = smtp.gmail.com:587 >>> sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples >>> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail >>> setgid_group = _postdrop >>> smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes >>> smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = login >>> smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd >>> smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous >>> smtp_tls_security_level = encrypt >>> smtp_use_tls = yes >>> smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated >>> permit >>> smtpd_tls_ciphers = medium >>> tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom >>> unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> Sergio >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from: http://postfix.1071664.n5.nabble.com/Postfix-Users-f2.html >> > > > >
