Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 10:55 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-03-24 04:45, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 03:27 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > On 2020-03-23 23:06, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > > Yes, indeed. Can it be paused while VPN is not up? And btw, postfix is > > > > sta

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-03-24 12:50, Tim via users wrote: > On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 10:06 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> btw, postfix is started via systemd but not VPN, that is, it is not >> started via systemd. > What about, using whatever method you use to start and stop VPN, you > include start and stop command

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 10:06 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > btw, postfix is started via systemd but not VPN, that is, it is not > started via systemd. What about, using whatever method you use to start and stop VPN, you include start and stop commands for postfix? -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-10

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 08:20 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I am using postfix to deliver my work mail from a remote location. > This works fine when I am on VPN (the postfix traffic goes through > VPN then). However, it gets identified as spam when VPN is not up. > Since most people do not routinely

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-03-24 04:45, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 03:27 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 2020-03-23 23:06, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>> Yes, indeed. Can it be paused while VPN is not up? And btw, postfix is >>> started via systemd but not VPN, that is, it is not started via systemd

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 03:27 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-03-23 23:06, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Yes, indeed. Can it be paused while VPN is not up? And btw, postfix is > > started via systemd but not VPN, that is, it is not started via systemd. > > How about running postfix in a VM where the

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-03-23 23:06, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Yes, indeed. Can it be paused while VPN is not up? And btw, postfix is > started via systemd but not VPN, that is, it is not started via systemd. How about running postfix in a VM where the VPN is always up? -- The key to getting good answers is to a

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:58:25 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-03-23 22:49, Kai Bojens wrote: > > Am 2020-03-23 14:20, schrieb Ranjan Maitra: > > > >> So, I am wondering if I could please set up my services for postfix to > >> be delayed unless/until VPN is up and running. If so, how do I go > >>

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-03-23 22:49, Kai Bojens wrote: > Am 2020-03-23 14:20, schrieb Ranjan Maitra: > >> So, I am wondering if I could please set up my services for postfix to >> be delayed unless/until VPN is up and running. If so, how do I go >> about doing this? > > If your VPN is started via systemd you shoul

Re: OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Kai Bojens
Am 2020-03-23 14:20, schrieb Ranjan Maitra: So, I am wondering if I could please set up my services for postfix to be delayed unless/until VPN is up and running. If so, how do I go about doing this? If your VPN is started via systemd you should take a look at Wants, Requires, Before, and Afte

OT: delaying postfix until/unless VPN is up/connected

2020-03-23 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Dear friends, I am using postfix to deliver my work mail from a remote location. This works fine when I am on VPN (the postfix traffic goes through VPN then). However, it gets identified as spam when VPN is not up. Since most people do not routinely check their spam folders especially when the