postfix / macosx

0:files.md

Create or modify this files:

• /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist to create (or modify) This is the launchctl file.
• /etc/postfix/main.cf to append to. This id the postfix configuration file.
• /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd to create or modify This the sasl password file that must be filled with your google application password settings.

1:org.postfix.master.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>org.postfix.master</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/usr/libexec/postfix/master</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>master</string>
        </array>
        <key>QueueDirectories</key>
        <array>
                <string>/var/spool/postfix/maildrop</string>
        </array>
        <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
        <true/>
        <key>OnDemand</key>
        <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

2:main.cf

#Gmail SMTP
relayhost=[smtp.gmail.com]:587

# SASL SUPPORT FOR SERVERS
#
# The following options set parameters needed by Postfix to enable
# Cyrus-SASL support for authentication of mail servers.
#
smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = plain
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtp_use_tls = yes

3:sasl_passwd

[smtp.gmail.com]:587 youraccount@gmail.com:your_application_password

4:command

chmod 600 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd


launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist 
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist 

launchctl stop org.postfix.master
launchctl start org.postfix.master