Robert Chalmers:
> My original post was about what to do about the program called ?mail? which 
> by default - and can?t be changed - looks for /etc/postfix for the config 
> files.
> 

Tis is incorrect.

The mail program does not need /etc/postfix. The mail program
invokes a 'sendmail' program that is supplied by Apple, and that
program needs /etc/postfix. 

Symlinking /etc/postfix -> /usr/local/etc/postfix creates a hybrid:

/usr/bin/mail, uses a hard-coded pathname to find
    -> Apple Postfix /usr/sbin/sendmail, uses your main.cf to find
        -> Your postdrop, uses your main.cf to find 
            -> Your Postfix queue.

        Wietse

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