--- postgrey-old	2011-05-29 11:11:02.000000000 +0200
+++ postgrey-old	2011-05-29 11:21:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@ 
 	checkconfig || return 1
 	ebegin "Starting Postgrey"
 	
-	# HACK -- start a subshell and corrects perms on the socket...
-	( if [ "x${POSTGREY_TYPE}" = "xunix" ]; then
-	rm -f ${POSTGREY_SOCKET};
-	while ! test -S ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}; do sleep 1; done;
-	chmod a+rw,a-x ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}; fi ) &
+	# HACK -- remove old socket first
+	[ "x${POSTGREY_TYPE}" = "xunix" ] && rm -f ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}
 
 	if [ -z ${POSTGREY_DELAY} ] ; then
 		POSTGREY_DELAY_ARG=""
@@ -75,17 +72,27 @@ 
 		POSTGREY_TEXT_ARG="--greylist-text=${POSTGREY_TEXT}"
 	fi
 
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet \
 		--pidfile=${POSTGREY_PID} \
 		--name postgrey \
-		--exec /usr/sbin/postgrey -- \
+		--exec /usr/sbin/postgrey \
+		--wait 2500 \
+		-- \
 		--${POSTGREY_ADDR} \
 		--daemonize \
 		--pidfile=${POSTGREY_PID} \
 		${POSTGREY_DELAY_ARG} \
 		${POSTGREY_OPTS} \
 		"${POSTGREY_TEXT_ARG}"
-	eend ${?}
+	rv=$?
+
+	# HACK -- corrects perms on the socket...
+	if [ "x${POSTGREY_TYPE}" = "xunix" -a 0 -eq ${rv} ]; then
+		while ! test -S ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}; do sleep 1; done
+		chmod a+rw,a-x ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}
+	fi
+
+	eend ${rv}
 }
 
 stop() {