Are you using the postfix that comes with Mac OS X Server? That is, the version that is pre-configured to use dovecot, spamassasin, clamav, and ldap? Or are you configuring postfix from scratch?
James > On Nov 6, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Larry Stone <lston...@stonejongleux.com> wrote: > > 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 >>> >> >> >> >> >
