Will give that a try

Regards

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Wietse Venema via Postfix-users <postfix-users@postfix.org> 
Sent: Sunday, October 8, 2023 9:01 AM
To: Postfix users <postfix-users@postfix.org>
Subject: [pfx] Re: Problem setting up postfix on arch linux to forward mail
to my gmail account

Wietse Venema via Postfix-users:
> mwoodpatrick--- via Postfix-users:
> > Removing the config directory, uninstalling and reinstalling now 
> > provides a clean start of postfix:
> > 
> > sudo postfix start
> > postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
> 
> Will it also start with systemd commands? Probably, but that requires 
> verification.
> 
> > Next question is where can I find accurate instructions on setting 
> > up the configuration for arch linux to forward mail to my gmail account?
> 
> That depends on your use case.
> 
> - You FORWARD email from elsewhere to Gmail as the final destination.
> You can expect pain with SPF, DMARC, and spam filtering.
> 
> - You GENERATE email that Gmail should forward to other destinations.
> You can expect pain with relay authorization; there are some howtos 
> for using OAUTH to allow using Gmail as an intermediate relay.

You could try to follow the bad howto's instructions except for the part
where they delete existing settings. Just append their settings at the end
without overriding the daemon_direcory and other settings. 

        Wietse
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