diff -urN b/postgrey a/postgrey
--- b/postgrey  2014-02-03 12:45:09.038687802 +0100
+++ a/postgrey  2014-02-03 12:47:43.083660849 +0100
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
        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 ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}; fi ) &
+       if [ "x${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

        if [ -z ${POSTGREY_DELAY} ] ; then
                POSTGREY_DELAY_ARG=""