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Our free tutorials and whitepapers related to Mac OS X Server Mail and Web Services have been downloaded more than 500’000 times. The tutorials are available for a wide range of topics and for Mac OS X Server versions from 10.4 to 10.13.

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How can I tell if amavisd-new is running?

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Sometimes it can happen that you have mail stuck in your mail queue stating: status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused This usually means that for some reason your content filter (amavisd) is not running. The easiest way to check if amavisd-new is running is to issue: ps -U clamav (for Mac OS […]

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How do I completely disable Postfix and Cyrus?

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Simply turning of mail services in Server Admin does not prevent Postfix from starting up again when needed/called by another process. To completely disable Postfix and Cyrus on Mac OS X Server 10.5.x/10.4.x issue: sudo /bin/launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist sudo /bin/launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.cmu.andrew.cyrus.master.plist Should you have the need to re-enable these services just issue: […]

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How do I stop and start amavisd-new?

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The proper way to stop and start amavisd on OS X Server 10.5.x/10.4.x is to issue: sudo /bin/launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.amavis.amavisd.plist sudo /bin/launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.amavis.amavisd.plist

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How do I get newer versions of fetchmail to work without SSL?

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If you have happened to update your server from 10.3.x to 10.4.x, you may have noticed issues with fetchmail not working anymore. Older versions of fetchmail would check for an SSL certificate in an opportunistic way but still go ahead if there wasn’t one. More recent versions will interrupt comunications. If you want to use […]

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How do I bring Server Admin and Postfix’s main.cf in sync?

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Unfortunately, Mac OS X Server’s Server Admin is far from being perfect. Especially when it comes to mail, web and name server services. If you happen to modify Postfix settings from the command line, while keeping Server Admin open, it can happen that whatever changes you have made will be overwritten and that any future […]

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How do I set the domain name for a Mailman list?

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When you manage more than one domain, or when you have a .local domain as your primary one, a list created with Mac OS X’ Server Admin may show the incorrect domain name. To fix this, issue: sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/withlist -l -r fix_url mylistname –urlhost=mydomain.tld (replace mylistname with your actual list name and mydomain.tld with the […]

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