You should have only the postfix.log file and don’t worry about the warning not owned by postfix on the .turd_postfix file.
I think you use the macOS mail command which will not use macports postfix. Check the /opt/local/bin directory for the mail or mailx command, which you should use. instead of just using mail, use the full path /opt/local/bin/mail or /opt/local/bin/mailx. Horst > On 29 Dec 2023, at 10:50, Ubence Quevedo (thatrat) <that...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Huh, I’m only getting a /opt/local/var/log/postfix/postfix.log generated: > uquevedo@ubence-mini-wired ~ % tree /opt/local/var/log > /opt/local/var/log > └── postfix > └── postfix.log > > 2 directories, 1 file > > With the following contents [which I fixed a few things and restarted the > service]: > uquevedo@ubence-mini-wired ~ % cat /opt/local/var/log/postfix/postfix.log > Dec 28 14:24:27 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postsuper[31269]: warning: bogus > file name: maildrop/.turd_postfix > Dec 28 14:24:27 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postfix-script[31284]: warning: not > owned by _postfix: /opt/local/var/lib/postfix/./.turd_postfix > Dec 28 14:24:27 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postfix-script[31290]: warning: not > owned by _postfix: /opt/local/var/spool/postfix/public/.turd_postfix > Dec 28 14:24:27 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postfix-script[31295]: starting the > Postfix mail system > Dec 28 14:24:27 ubence-mini-wired postfix/master[31297]: daemon started -- > version 3.8.3, configuration /opt/local/etc/postfix > Dec 28 14:26:05 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postfix-script[31400]: stopping the > Postfix mail system > Dec 28 14:26:07 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postsuper[31451]: warning: bogus > file name: maildrop/.turd_postfix > Dec 28 14:26:07 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postfix-script[31471]: warning: not > owned by _postfix: /opt/local/var/spool/postfix/public/.turd_postfix > Dec 28 14:26:07 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postfix-script[31476]: starting the > Postfix mail system > Dec 28 14:26:07 ubence-mini-wired postfix/master[31478]: daemon started -- > version 3.8.3, configuration /opt/local/etc/postfix > Dec 28 14:27:07 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postfix-script[31549]: stopping the > Postfix mail system > Dec 28 14:27:09 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postsuper[31601]: warning: bogus > file name: maildrop/.turd_postfix > Dec 28 14:27:09 ubence-mini-wired postfix/postfix-script[31625]: starting the > Postfix mail system > Dec 28 14:27:09 ubence-mini-wired postfix/master[31627]: daemon started -- > version 3.8.3, configuration /opt/local/etc/postfix > > I don’t get anything from running the following command: > echo "Postfix setting test" | mail -s "Hello Postfix" "that...@gmail.com” > > Should I be getting the send attempt in the above log file? Or should l be > looking somewhere else? > > -Ubence > > On Dec 28, 2023, at 3:26 PM, Horst Simon <horst.sim...@icloud.com> wrote: > > You should with this logging you should get the information in your postfix > log as in mail.log, this is what I get. > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On 29 Dec 2023, at 09:36, Ubence Quevedo (thatrat) <that...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> Thanks for pointing that out. I added that and tweaked the permissions, >> and I’m getting some logging about the service starting/stopping, but I’m >> not getting the same type of logging I’m expecting from my Linux systems. >> >> I can usually look in /var/log/mail.log on my Ubuntu server to see the >> status of the outgoing mail. >> >> Looking further, it looks like it’s related to syslog on that system, which >> isn’t quite the same functionality that macOS has. >> >> Any suggestions on how to be able to log the output of mail commands to >> postfix similar to how it is done in Linux? >> >> -Ubence >> >> On Dec 28, 2023, at 1:51 PM, Horst Simon <horst.sim...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> I have postfix login to a file enabled as follow: >> in the main.cf I added: >> >> maillog_file = /opt/local/var/log/postfix/postfix.log >> >> and in the master.cf: >> >> postlog unix-dgram n - n - 1 postlogd >> >> Make sure the directory /opt/local/var/log/postfix exists and is writeable >> vy postfix. >> >> Horst Simon >> >>>> On 29 Dec 2023, at 02:54, Ubence Quevedo (thatrat) <that...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I’ve installed postfix and have configured it similarly to how I have it >>> configured on some Linux systems using this tutorial >>> [https://www.tutorialspoint.com/configure-postfix-with-gmail-on-ubuntu], >>> and when I install and configure postfix in macOS [and make some slight >>> changes because everything is in /opt/local/etc/postfix], mail is not sent. >>> >>> What bothers me most is that I can’t find the log files for the macports >>> version of postfix. >>> >>> Can someone point me in the right direction to where I can find them to see >>> why my sending mail isn’t working? >>> >>> I’m sure I’ll have more questions later, but without the logs, I really am >>> only guessing as to why this might not be working. >>> >>> -Ubence >> >
