I tried things roughly in order of what I thought would be easy and simple.
Scripts to start and stop server system.My network, which may differ from yours.I hope it saves someone else a few hours or days. Work after a few hours of effort, then it is the project (or its documentation) that is broken, not the user.Īnd so, I record below the steps I took to get a working replacement for the macOS Server calendar and contacts server, usingĪpache, DAViCal, postfix, dovecot on CentOS 7 in VirtualBox on macOS. However, in the context of Apple's "It just works," aspirations, I claim that if something doesn't You just left out this one simple step, which was completely obvious and which you totally missed.īecause you're stupid." Well maybe not that last bit, but that's what it feels like. There's always the nightmare that if you say, "This does not work," that someone will comeĪlong and say, "Of course it works. Now, especially if you think of yourself as a pretty savvy computer person,
Macos server mail install#
As a reasonably experienced developer and user of software onīoth macOS and Linux, it seemed like it would be fairly straightforward to install and set up replacements for the calendar and contacts server. Project, which was actually at the core of their macOS Server product. I wanted to update my system, so it wasĪpple provided a migration document that suggested a number of open-source alternatives the list included their own open-source CalendarServer
To macOS 10.14 (Mojave), I would have to update to macOS Server 5.7, which eliminated those features. Apple asks you, dear macOS Server user, to "Prepare for changes to macOS Server."īut it should ask you to prepare for pain.Īpple Seemingly Kills macOS Server, Deprecates Many Essential ServicesĪs long as I remained on macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) I could continue to use those features on the last compatible version
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