Yes, I moved the Apple /usr/bin/sendmail to /usr/bin/old-sendmail Then created a symlink from my own build of sendmail. /usr/local/bin/sendmail to /usr/bin/sendmail, and now Apple’s mail works as it should.
The original complaint from mail when I moved the /etc/postfix directory to /etc/old-postfix was that it could no longer find /etc/postfix/main.cf - … it was actually Apple’s sendmail was looking for it Now, my own sendmail knows where to find the config files. in /usr/local/etc/postfix As far as I know, the only thing using “mail” on my machine is cron, and occasionally me when I’m testing something. and it works fine now. > On 14 Mar 2016, at 16:01, @lbutlr <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2016, at 12:58 AM, rob...@chalmers.com.au wrote: >> So I renamed/moved /etc/postfix, to /etc/old-postfix. .which has been ok, >> except for 'mail' >> Eg >> echo date | mail rob...@chalmers.com >> Fails with >> 'can't find /etc/postfix/main.cf' >> >> It's the only thing that fails. I move old-postfix back to etc/postfix, and >> of course it works again. >> I need 'mail' to work, because it is used by crown if nothing else… > > Did you replace the default sendmail with a link to your postfix build’s > sendmail? This caused me trouble on my FreeBSD machine when sending mail from > the command line. > > -- > Don't be afraid to be weak, Don't be too proud to be strong. > Robert Chalmers rob...@chalmers.com <mailto:rob...@chalmers.com>.au Quantum Radio: http://tinyurl.com/lwwddov Mac mini 6.2 - 2012, Intel Core i7,2.3 GHz, Memory:16 GB. El-Capitan 10.11. XCode 7.2.1 2TB: Drive 0:HGST HTS721010A9E630. Upper bay. Drive 1:ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB. Lower Bay
