Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 04:11:28PM -0600, Sam Leon wrote: > These are the documents that I used when I set up my postfix server a > year or so ago: > > http://wiki.debian.org/Postfix > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto > https://h

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread whollygoat
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:15:10 -0500, "Tenant" said: > I'm trying to set up a number of email accounts for the various > domains we host. We used to run RedHat and Sendmail, so we're > familiar with that (virtusertable, genericstable and aliases), but > not with Postfix which seems not to use all

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Sam Leon
These are the documents that I used when I set up my postfix server a year or so ago: http://wiki.debian.org/Postfix https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/postfix.html https://help.ubuntu.com/

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun January 25 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: > I use DynDNS myself, thanks. :) The problem is that people sending mail > to your domain have to do a DNS lookup to get your mail server's IP > address. Whether this lookup returns your current address is out of your > control and the more often your a

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Jochen Schulz
Paul Cartwright: > On Sun January 25 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >> In other words: you want to be able to receive mail for your DynDNS >> domain on your local system? That is probably a bad idea, since every >> time your public IP address changes, mail can get lost. I really advise >> against t

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun January 25 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: > This is only a problem if the OP wants to send mail from his DynDNS > server. It shouldn't matter when he only wants to receive mail. see: http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/ ( but I have my own domain host, and SMTP is through them right now..) t

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread mouss
Tzafrir Cohen a écrit : > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 09:52:02PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> Paul Cartwright: >>> On Sun January 25 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: >>> >>>> I don't fully understand your problem, but maybe it helps you to know >>>>

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
have to make your router do > port forwarding. Then you have to configure Postfix to accept mail from > the outside. Beware not to create an "open relay", otherwise your system > will become a gateway for spam in no time. Doh! yup.. I had to do that for my web site and fo

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Jochen Schulz
Tzafrir Cohen: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 09:52:02PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >> In other words: you want to be able to receive mail for your DynDNS >> domain on your local system? That is probably a bad idea, since every >> time your public IP address changes, mail can get lost. I really adv

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 09:52:02PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Paul Cartwright: > > On Sun January 25 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > >> I don't fully understand your problem, but maybe it helps you to know > >> that Debian's default Postfix config us

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Jochen Schulz
Paul Cartwright: > On Sun January 25 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> I don't fully understand your problem, but maybe it helps you to know >> that Debian's default Postfix config uses /etc/mailname as $myorigin. > > I'm just setting up postfix and trying to

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun January 25 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: > I don't fully understand your problem, but maybe it helps you to know > that Debian's default Postfix config uses /etc/mailname as $myorigin. I'm just setting up postfix and trying to get email from my new dyndns account. Local

Re: Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Jochen Schulz
7;s main domain) > and not from domain3.com. I don't fully understand your problem, but maybe it helps you to know that Debian's default Postfix config uses /etc/mailname as $myorigin. J. -- After the millenium I would tell lies only to those who deserved them. [A

Postfix config

2009-01-25 Thread Tenant
We have a server which is still running Sarge (we'll go to Lenny when it's released), but I don't think that's relevant here. In the current server, we're running Sarge, Apache/1.3.33 with a fair number of virtual hosts and Postfix. I'm trying to set up a number of email accounts for the vari

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-26 Thread Frank Lanitz
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:23:06 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/26/08 05:51, Frank Lanitz wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:03:50 +0300 > [snip] > >> From what I recall it's also necessary to tell postfix to use SASL > >> and where to look for those credentials: > >> > >> in main

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/26/08 05:51, Frank Lanitz wrote: On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:03:50 +0300 [snip] From what I recall it's also necessary to tell postfix to use SASL and where to look for those credentials: in main.cf: smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl/sasl_passwd an

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-26 Thread Frank Lanitz
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:03:50 +0300 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:34:46 +0100 Jamie Griffin wrote: > > > > > > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > > > > > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail > > > > > to go through

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread I Rattan
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Mike Bird wrote: On Mon September 22 2008 14:59:26 I Rattan wrote: I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail to go through the school mailserver. How do I configure to accomplish this? In /etc/po

Re: Postfix config question..]

2008-09-22 Thread Jamie Griffin
From: Jamie Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Postfix config question.. > From what I recall it's also necessary to tell postfix to use SASL > and where to look for those credentials: > > in main.cf: >

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:34:46 +0100 Jamie Griffin wrote: > > > > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > > > > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail > > > > to go through the school mailserver. > > > > > > > > How do I configure to accomplish this? > > You n

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Jamie Griffin
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:49:28PM +0100, Jamie Griffin wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 03:24:14PM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > > On Mon September 22 2008 14:59:26 I Rattan wrote: > > > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > > > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoin

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Steven Jan Springl
On Monday 22 September 2008 22:59, I Rattan wrote: > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail > to go through the school mailserver. > > How do I configure to accomplish this? > > -ishwar The postfix parameter that you ne

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Jamie Griffin
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 03:24:14PM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > On Mon September 22 2008 14:59:26 I Rattan wrote: > > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail > > to go through the school mailserver. > > > > How do I config

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/22/08 17:19, Kumar Appaiah wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 05:59:26PM -0400, I Rattan wrote: I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail to go through the school mailserver. How do I configure to accomplish this? You

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Mike Bird
On Mon September 22 2008 14:59:26 I Rattan wrote: > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail > to go through the school mailserver. > > How do I configure to accomplish this? In /etc/postfix/main.cf add: relayhost = scho

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Jamie Griffin
> > > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > > > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail > > > to go through the school mailserver. > > > > > > How do I configure to accomplish this? You need to set the variable 'relayhost = [nameofsmarthostserver.tld]' in

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:19:52 -0500 Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 05:59:26PM -0400, I Rattan wrote: > > > > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail > > to go through the school mails

Re: Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 05:59:26PM -0400, I Rattan wrote: > > I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not > object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail > to go through the school mailserver. > > How do I configure to accomplish this? You have to make Postfix use your sc

Postfix config question..

2008-09-22 Thread I Rattan
I am running a postfix smtp server. The school does not object to mail coming in directly but want all ougoing mail to go through the school mailserver. How do I configure to accomplish this? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: postfix config (network unreachable?)

2000-12-09 Thread Erik Steffl
Mark Brown wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 01:03:01AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > I can ping crick, I can also telnet (using default telnet port) > > without problems but when I do telnet crick.fmed.uniba.sk 25 from > > command line I get the same message (network is unreachable, but onl

Re: postfix config (network unreachable?)

2000-12-09 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 01:03:01AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > I can ping crick, I can also telnet (using default telnet port) > without problems but when I do telnet crick.fmed.uniba.sk 25 from > command line I get the same message (network is unreachable, but only > when using port 25). > n

postfix config (network unreachable?)

2000-12-09 Thread Erik Steffl
I am running debian unbstable, kernel 2.2.17 and I just installed postfix using the 'internet with smarthost' config option. when I try to send an e-mail to non-local address it says that the network is unreachable, here's relevant part from syslog: -- syslog -