Hot to Setup a Mail Server for localhost on Mac

In Mac OSX Leopard Postfix Mail Server should be already installed but just to check:

which postfix

Look it give you an output...

Next you need to apply some Settings:
1. Edit the MAILSERVER=-NO- line in /etc/hostconfig. Change it to read MAILSERVER=-YES-. Save and exit the file.
2. Open up /etc/postfix/main.cf, and edit these lines to reflect your setup. These are examples from my setup; yours might be different.

• myhostname = localhost
• myorigin = thesmtpserveriwanttogetareply
• mydomain = smtpserverdomainextension
• inet_interfaces = all
• mydestination = localhost
  
• mynetworks_style = subnet
• mynetworks = 192.168.0.0/23, 127.0.0.0/8

Save your work, and exit the file.
3. Open up /etc/postfix/master.cf, and uncomment

#smtp inet n - n - - smtpd

Now your are Done and you can test directly from Terminal your new Mail Server:

mail client@hissmtpserver.domainextension
Subject:  This is only a test
Here is the place for the message's body
.

The . followed by return mean the end of message!

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