[rescue] Starting Postfix (was: Building Sendmail 8.13.1)Z

[Phil Stracchino]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 05:39:17PM -0700, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> > > Now, my first question ... I don't see a start-up script or
> > > anything else in
> > > /etc/init.d that will start it.
> >
> > Right.  I'm pretty sure deleting the /etc/rc2.d/S50mail link and
> > symlinking /usr/sbin/postfix to /etc/rc2.d/S50mail will do it.
> 
> OK.  No secrets, then?


For reference, this is how I start Postfix:

# Start mail system if mail queue dir is mounted

if [ -d /var/spool/postfix ]; then
    echo "Cleaning up mail queue directory before starting Postfix..."
    /usr/sbin/postsuper -s
    /usr/sbin/postfix start
fi


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