On 1/24/2019 3:12 PM, Matt Wong wrote: > Hi Noel Jones, > > sadly, this didn't the trick. I can change /etc/postfix/master.cf > and call postfix reload - then smtpd shuts down and james is able to > start its smtp server. Strangely, when using systemctl restart > postfix master.cf is rebuild from /etc/sysconfig/postfix - smtpd is > re-enabled and re-started - or at least tried, when james is running > it fails as tcp/25 is in use. So, I need to add some option in > /etc/sysconfig/postfix so when master.cf is rebuild smtpd is not > re-enabled by default. That's my first issue.
brain-dead systems that reconfigure your settings are not supported here. Check with your system vendor. > > Second issue: even I set relayhost to [127.0.0.1]:25 when using > mail() in php in apache, postfix doesn't even try to connect to > james. It's in the logs that postfix got the mail from apache, but > it seems nothing happens after this. Is there something else I have > to set? Nothing else is necessary. Assuming other settings haven't been set to brain-dead values. Good luck. You should really look into mini-sendmail or some other command-line SMTP tool. -- Noel Jones > > Thanks in advance, > > Matt Wong > > Am 23.01.2019 um 20:59 schrieb Noel Jones: >> On 1/23/2019 1:47 PM, Matt Wong wrote: >>> Ok, so the title isn't really helpful, so I try to explain it: >>> >>> I want to use Apache James as my primary MTA (please don't ask why - >>> just take it as given). Major issue: james doesn't have a local >>> sendmail command replacement. So I've looked up apache james doc >>> wich is heavy outdated. Also, I'm running opensuse 15.0 wich uses >>> full postfix instead of sendmail. >> To disable smtpd, comment out the smtpd service in master.cf. To >> have postfix forward all mail to a specific SMTP server, set the >> relayhost parameter. >> >> >> If you're just looking for a replacement for the sendmail command >> that can forward to a local SMTP server, the mini_sendmail program >> is probably just what you need. >> https://acme.com/software/mini_sendmail/ >> Packages are available for most systems. >> >> >> >> -- Noel Jones >
