configure osx to send mail

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sudo vi /etc/postfix/main.cf

Yahoo SMTP

relayhost=smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465

sasl password

sudo vi /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

Create the Postfix lookup table from the sasl_passwd file. (This will create the file sasl_passwd.db)

sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

create postfix lookup table

sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

restart postfix

sudo postfix reload

test email

date | mail -s testing your_email@gmail.com

You can check the mail queue and the posible delivery errors using “mailq“

mailq

Use the postfix logs to ensure everything is working as expected:

tail -f /var/log/mail.log

To clear the mail queue:

sudo postsuper -d ALL alias created ‘clear_mailq’