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 >