a while back i posted to the effect that i couldn't get postfix to deliver
mail all by itself.
it was pointed out that because i had two versions of postfix installed
that i was doing a bad thing. you're right. i've fixed that.
i have ONE version of postfix installed. i compiled 2.7.1 from source.
the OS is redhat enterprise. the MTA is properly set up in
/etc/alternatives.
mail is getting delivered from my test machine (j6).
the MX records from inside the firewall will list ns5 as the lowest
cost MTA.
the problem:
i contend that (and i'm wrong, but don't know why) j6 should relay
this mail directly to vme.arlut.utexas.edu. instead, ns5 is
getting involved. what am i doing wrong?
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here's the headers from a test email:
>From r...@arlut.utexas.edu Fri Oct 22 16:22:47 2010
Return-Path: <r...@arlut.utexas.edu>
X-Original-To: g...@vme.arlut.utexas.edu
Delivered-To: g...@vme.arlut.utexas.edu
Received: from ns5.arlut.utexas.edu (nis1.arlut.utexas.edu [10.4.1.6])
by fs1.arlut.utexas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D96417B5
for <g...@vme.arlut.utexas.edu>; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:22:47 -0500 (CDT)
Received: from j6.arlut.utexas.edu (j6.arlut.utexas.edu [10.3.16.13])
by ns5.arlut.utexas.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o9MLMlCq032303
for <g...@arlut.utexas.edu>; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:22:47 -0500
Received: from j6.arlut.utexas.edu (localhost.arlut.utexas.edu [127.0.0.1])
by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 1427913A301
for <g...@arlut.utexas.edu>; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:22:47 -0500 (CDT)
Received: by j6.arlut.utexas.edu (Postfix, from userid 0)
id E1C7A138E28; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:22:46 -0500 (CDT)
To: g...@arlut.utexas.edu
Subject: test 10
(trimmed for bandwidth.)
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main.cf, trimmed for bandwidth.
myhostname = j6.arlut.utexas.edu
mydomain = arlut.utexas.edu
myorigin = $mydomain
inet_interfaces = all
mydestination =
local_recipient_maps =
local_transport = error:local mail delivery is disabled
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
relay_domains = [ws.arlut.utexas.edu]
[sisl-list.arlut.utexas.edu]
[spd.arlut.utexas.edu]
[lists.arlut.utexas.edu]
[seaturtle.arlut.utexas.edu]
[arlex.arlut.utexas.edu]
[arlmail.arlut.utexas.edu]
[tools.arlut.utexas.edu]
[vme.arlut.utexas.edu]
relayhost = ns4.arlut.utexas.edu
relay_recipient_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/pfknown_users
smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/pfgenerics
alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/pfmalias
transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/pftransport
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here are those four files:
pfknown_users
gl OK
pfgenerics
gl: g...@arlut.utexas.edu.
pfmalias
gl: g...@vme.arlut.utexas.edu
pftransport
vme.arlut.utexas.edu smtp:[vme.arlut.utexas.edu]
postconf ... shows that postfix is running w/ the values i put in,
and i've done the postmap or postalias as appropriate on these 4 files.
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Jay Scott 512-835-3553 g...@arlut.utexas.edu
Head of Sun Support, Sr. System Administrator
Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div. S224
University of Texas at Austin
