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postfix via fink
Authored by: jzsimon on Mar 10, '03 09:07:37PM

> fink info postfix-release
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postfix-release-1.1.11-2: Mail transfer agent that's fast and secure
Postfix is a mail transfer agent designed to be fast, secure, and easy to
configure. It is meant to be Sendmail compatible so that it does not cause
problems for existing Sendmail users who want to make the switch to
another MTA.
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This is an official release of Postfix. According to the Postfix web site:
"Official releases do not change except for bugfixes and for portability
fixes. New features are tested out in experimental releases..."
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Usage Notes:
You need to do a few things to set Postfix up before you can use it:
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1) Edit /sw/etc/postfix/main.cf. In particular, edit myorigin,
mydestination and mynetworks in that file. The file is well commented.
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2) Edit the aliases in NetInfo so that root and postmaster redirect mail
to a real, live person. To do that, run:
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sudo niutil -createprop . /aliases/root members youremail
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Where youremail is a valid email address. If you check your mail on
this computer, you can just use your user name. Otherwise, you will
probably want to use your regular email address.
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3) Run 'sudo mta-switch postfix' to move the old sendmail out of the way
and place symlinks to postfix in its place. You may need to do this
after upgrades of Mac OS X from Apple.
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4) Run 'sudo daemonic enable postfix'. This will create a Postfix startup
item, but it won't actually start Postfix. To do that, you can run
'sudo postfix start'.
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Removing postfix via Fink will automatically disable it and re-enable
sendmail.
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Web site: http://www.postfix.org/
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Maintainer: Daniel Parks <daniel@mwdesign.dyndns.org>



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postfix via fink
Authored by: Johnny_B on Mar 19, '03 05:43:42PM

I love you man :O)

And I wondered, this line:

sudo niutil -createprop . /aliases/root members youremail

There where no such alias user here (root), so is it okay to just use the postmaster ? Like...

sudo niutil -createprop . /aliases/postmaster members youremail

??



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