* Bas Mevissen <ab...@basmevissen.nl>: > On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 12:36 +0100, Ákos Maróy wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wonder how postfix decides on what IP address to bind to / initiation > > IP connections from, in terms of sending outgoing mail? > > > > I have a server with 5 IP addresses, where the IP address I'm using for > > receiving mail is the main IP address for the machine. I've set the > > following in main.cf to enforce this: > > > > inet_interfaces = x.x.x.170,127.0.0.1 > > > > > > the range of IP addresses the machine is configured to ranges from .170 > > to .174. > > > > interestingly, when my postfix sends mail, it initiates connections from > > IP address .174, instead of .170. this is despite the fact the postfix > > doesn't listed on anything but .170. > > > > I wonder why this is happenning, and how one can force postfix to > > initiate connections from an explicitly specified IP address.
$ man 5 postconf | less +/^smtp_bind_address p@rick -- All technical questions asked privately will be automatically answered on the list and archived for public access unless privacy is explicitely required and justified. saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/>
