diff --git a/tasks/base.yml b/tasks/base.yml
index 3fd5632abf..408c265ee3 100644
--- a/tasks/base.yml
+++ b/tasks/base.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     - $files/postfix/main.cf.${postfix_group}
     - $files/postfix/main.cf
   notify:
-  - restart postifx
+  - restart postfix
   tags:
   - postfix
   - config
diff --git a/tasks/postfix_basic.yml b/tasks/postfix_basic.yml
index b4ec406d63..83cc6ef7e8 100644
--- a/tasks/postfix_basic.yml
+++ b/tasks/postfix_basic.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
     - $files/postfix/main.cf.${postfix_group}
     - $files/postfix/main.cf
   notify:
-  - restart postifx
+  - restart postfix
   tags:
   - postfix
   - config
 
+- name: enable postfix to start
+  action: service name=postfix state=running enabled=true