> > CYBERDROID Inc. Le 21/03/2013 14:32, Noel Jones a écrit : >> On 3/21/2013 7:09 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote: >>> Hello >>> >>> I'm in trouble with an old Qmail server that runs on >>> an also old server. >>> >>> The problem is I cannot modify the existing configuration >>> of this machine because of inhouse developped applications >>> that use qmail. >>> >>> Qmail ( which i know very few ) seem a bit autistic when talking >>> to non FQDN distants servers or with MX misconfigured. >>> >>> my idea is to add a postfix instance on this machine which will >>> send emails to the Internet. >>> >>> In my plan Qmail will inject all outgoing SMTP traffic into Postfix >>> instance that will send it outside . >> That doesn't sound too hard. >> >> Configure postfix to listen on some localhost port -- I'll use 2525 >> for this example -- and configure qmail to use that as a smarthost. >> >> In postfix master.cf, find the line that resembles >> smtp inet n - n - - smtpd >> and change it to >> 127.0.0.1:2525 inet n - n - - smtpd >> >> >> Then configure qmail to use that port as a smarthost. I don't use >> qmail, but google suggests the way to do that is >> echo ":127.0.0.1:2525" > /var/qmail/control/smtproutes >> >> but you might want to check your qmail docs for details. >> >> >> >> -- Noel Jones >
On 3/22/2013 3:01 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote:> Hello again > > Would it be bi-directionnal ? I mean does incoming email are routed to > the internal qmail server , I need this because qmail deliver emails > to few > users on this machine in a special way . > > Thank you > [please do not top post] The simple example I posted above should not change the path of incoming SMTP mail. Incoming SMTP mail should still be handled by qmail, and postfix should only listen on 127.0.0.1:2525. There are tools in your OS to define which MTA will respond to the "mail" or "sendmail" local commands, such as system reports sent by cron, etc. -- Noel Jones
