Php & postfix mail problem [solved]

Was having a battle with php mail() and it not wanting to send with postfix.
Struggle ensued, and just as I though I was beaten, a dancing sandwich showed me the light!
this was in my php.ini file..
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
for postfix, this is what you need
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
And there was much rejoicing in the land.

Aug 11 11:52:25 hanna postfix/smtpd[13463]: fatal: incorrect version of Berkeley DB: compiled against 4.3.29, run-time linked against 4.4.20
Within that line the error is. It was due to the fact that some librarys and such had been updated whilst the postfix-mysql hadn't been recompiled to meet these new dependencys or whatever you want to call them. Simple as that, I just got the pkgbuild file for postfix-mysql and remade the package and voila, it works like a charm!

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    Anyway, I have two major problems. First, I imported all his old documents and settings, using the assistant from his old iMac. When I went to print, nothing happens. I mean I click on the button, but no print window pops up. It does not matter what application I am in. The printer is plugged in the USB port correctly. It is supported ( a Lexmark laser E320). The driver is installed. The computer even says it sees the printer. I just get no print window, and the print queue stays empty.
    Apple support was useless. The person barely could speak English and the recommended solution was to re-install OSX. How could that help, I only had the computer for an hour and a half.
    Second, the installer imported all my step dad's mail, but when I click on the reply button to respond to other's email, nothing happens (the exact same problem as with printing, nothing happens). Again, Apple support was no help. Repairing permissions, emptying the cache, trashing preferences, nothing helped.
    Any clues would be helpful. What a bumper, as I hyped up the machine
    Mac Book Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

    I used Print Repair Setup. The demo is free, but it is shareware. I had forgot about this software, but have used it in the past, and it is great. It can be found at:
    http://www.fixamacsoftware.com/software/index.html.
    I should say, however, that it only solved the printing problem for the root user's account on my machine (which also had not been working). I did not check my account before verifying the fix and psoting here. Sure enough it did not work. Eventually I did an index and reinstall, and it restored printing for my normal account. The utility may work for you though, so try it out. As I set, I have used it in the past, and it has fixed some problems when all else failed.
    I will have an update for my mail problem. The indexing and reinstall did not solve the mail problem. I, however, discovered the problem. Apparently, I had a .Mac account a long time ago. I cancelled it after the year of reduced membership costs expired. My computer, however, carried this information forward with it when I updated my operating system several times from 10.1 to 10.4.
    After trying everything I coudl think of, including deleting the .Mac mail folders in the Library Mail folder, I went to system preferences. I opened the .Mac option, and deleted the user name. I closed mail, and restarted it. This solved the problem for me.

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