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how do I change postfix port from 25 to 587?

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I am total noob about Unix and CLI. after googling for almost 6 hours I came to know I should be editing postfix port from 25 to 587 for PHP mail() function to work. and here is the solution I got http://www.linuxmail.info/postfix-change-port/ but I am not sure how to change it. as already said I a…

Error Output

May  7 00:42:39 Ibrahim-Armars-MacBook-Pro postfix/pickup[4169]: DE2073F07C1: uid=501 from=<azhararmar>
May  7 00:42:39 Ibrahim-Armars-MacBook-Pro po…

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Fix for: how do I change postfix port from 25 to 587?

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If you only want it running on port 587 (and I'm not sure you do; I'd think you'd want it running on both 25 and 587), then find the line in /etc/postfix/master.cf that looks like this: And change it to look like this: If you want it running on both…

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