On 1/24/2019 4:09 PM, Matt Wong wrote: > Well, I'll give mini-smtp a try now - let's see if this fits my > purposes better. > > About the brain-dead system: isn't it supposed that the config-tool, > wich, correct me if I'm wrong, belongs to postfix itself is run at > its start-up? Also, if config.postfix generates master.cf from > sysconfig - shouldn't there be an option in sysconfig the tell > config.postfix the not enable smtpd? Looks like error on postfix's > side to me, not distribution fault.
That config-tool and the stuff in sysconfig is not part of postfix, and is apparently supplied by your vendor. We are unable to support it here. > > About relayhost: if setting relayhost to [127.0.0.1]:25 should do > the trick, but doesn't, wich other configs could prevent processing > mail-queue, connect to smtp-server and drop it there? Couldn't find > any and I'm not good enough with anything other than Java to dig > through the source my self to find the issue. > > All comes back down to: couldn't find any config options provide > desired options or could be reason for what's happening. So, my > guess, postfix just doesn't fit my needs. Postfix has 900+ configure options, the overwhelming majority of which have sensible defaults and will never need to be changed. The postfix documentation gives helpful hints on what should be changed for most installations in the base *supplied by postfix* main.cf and master.cf. "postconf -nf" shows the current settings in main.cf; the hundreds of values still at their default are not shown. "postconf -Mf" shows current settings in master.cf Official documentation can be found at: http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html There are dozens of third-party how-to's on the internet; try to ignore them. You may find particularly helpful: http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html#null_client -- Noel Jones > > Thanks anyways, > > Matt > > Am 24.01.2019 um 22:24 schrieb Noel Jones: >> 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 >
