Using mathematica to send emails on a Mac OS X

I have had problems with mathematica on versions 7,8,9 using sendmail to a remote server or gmail. The best solution i have found so far is to configure postfix and send via localhost.

Clearing/deleting the postfix queue

sudo postsuper -d ALL

Sometimes starting postfix does not automatically start. Attached are the launch ctl commands to start postfix.

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist
sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist

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