Mail won't start up after migration to Mountain Lion Server
- by Meltemi
I'm not sure where to start. Our hard disk died on server running 10.6.8. Installed new disk. Followed Apple's migration instructions to 10.8.2. All services are operational except Mail.
/var/log/mail.log
Dec 6 17:52:17 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10370]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:52:27 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10374]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:52:37 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10376]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:52:47 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10380]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:52:57 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10382]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:53:07 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10392]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:53:17 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10394]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:53:27 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10398]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:53:38 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10400]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:53:48 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10404]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:53:58 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10411]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied
Dec 6 17:54:08 server@mydomain.com postfix/master[10421]: fatal: bind: private/smtp: Permission denied