![]() "/etc/postfix/main.cf" - is the main postfix startup configuraton (which by default has all alias configuration items commented out."/etc/aliases.db" - which is the hash map created from "/etc/aliases" source file."/etc/aliases" - which is actually a soft link to "postfix/aliases".This install has the following aliases & main files included: The configuration files for base OS X are installed at: /etc & /etc/postfix ![]() The base base OS X provides a Postfix (MTA) installation as part of base software. For my OS X mail setup I have all the users defined in OpenDirector, so I am including tips on this as well. The OS X Server email is based on Postfix mail transfer agent (MTA), Dovecot pop / imap and SpamHaus anti-spam filter and so if you are inclined you can bring together these parts on any Linux server.įor its directory service OS X Server provided "OpenDirector" which was based on OpenLDAP. One area of mail systems administration that got a bit confusing was setting up mail alias, so here is info that I put together from my Apple Community support discussion The now retired mail server still runs on OS X High Sierra and has some nice pre-integration with Open Directory and anti-spamming filtering, so it is still usable for small self-hosted mail system. Status: 2023 - add Open Directory tips as this is critical and part of mail setupĪpple have retired OS X Server and integrated some of the functions back into base MacOS, while others such as its integrated Postfix mail implementation have been put out to pasture and Apple has published suggestions for alternate replacements. Status: 2020 - my testing notes collected from Apple Community Support discussion
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