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Postfix Installation Log

The following is a log of the installation of the Postfix package:

$ sudo port install postfix
Password:
---> Fetching postfix
---> Attempting to fetch postfix-2.3.8.tar.gz from http://postfix.problemlos.ch/release/official/
---> Verifying checksum(s) for postfix
---> Extracting postfix
---> Applying patches to postfix
---> Configuring postfix
---> Building postfix
---> Staging postfix into destroot
---> Creating launchd control script
###########################################################
# A startup item has been generated that will aid in
# starting postfix with launchd. It is disabled
# by default. Execute the following command to start it,
# and to cause it to launch at startup:
#
# sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.postfix.plist
###########################################################
---> Installing postfix 2.3.8_0


To get postfix working, you need to copy the sample configuration
files and edit them (/opt/local/etc/postfix/*.sample). You may also
want to turn off Apple's built-in MTA. For example, on 10.4:


-Delete or rename /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist
-Replace the built-in sendmail file with a symlink to MacPorts' own:
sudo mv /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.org
ln -s /opt/local/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail


NOTE: Apple OS updates could upgrade the built-in Postfix and overwrite the
symlink, so the symlink mught have to be recreated.


---> Activating postfix 2.3.8_0
---> Cleaning postfix
$
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