On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 07:33:18AM +1000, Ben McGinnes wrote: > On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 04:43:46PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 11:50:01PM +1000, Ben McGinnes wrote: > >> > >> I do the same thing, except the Postfix instance on the laptop is > >> configured to relay through the Postfix instance on the MX server. > >> Basically because the current connection and IP aren't in my name > >> and I can't be certain that all receiving MX servers will accept > >> mail from it directly. Then I just need to make sure that the > >> relaying is authenticated appropriately and it's all fine. > >> > > Yes, of course, my Postfix sends E-Mail off to my hosting company's > > 'smart host' for much the same reason. > > I mentioned it probably more because that's a relatively recent change > for me. Up until early last year I was also running my mail server in > my house (not the rest of the domain, just the MX). So even with a > second Postfix instance on the laptop it was still configured to > connect directly, the SMTP IP was the same. Even after I moved the MX > out of the country, I still got away with the original configuration > while the old link was still active, but that changed at the end of > last year. > > Fortunately configuring Postfix is simple; either as easy or easier > than configuring Mutt. > Friendly and helpful support from the Postix mailing list too.
-- Chris Green
