On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 08:43:08PM +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 01.12.17 18:19, Chris Green wrote: > > I have run postfix for a number of years on my home (xubuntu) server > > machine with my router firewall limiting connections on port 25 to > > just the range of IP addresses which are my domain hosting company's > > SMTP servers. > > how do you receive mail? Do they forward mail to your private domain? > or do you run public domain where your provides ir MX for? > Their SMTP servers receive mail for my various addresses as they host the related domains (isbd.co.uk and isbd.net among others). All this mail is simply forwarded to ch...@zbmc.eu. My home server is the MX for zbmc.eu (as well as being zbmc.eu).
> what's your need to run SMTP server on port 25 when you don't want to > receive mail from the world? It's just the nicest way to receive mail as it's there ready and waiting for me in my Unix style mail spool whenever I run my mail program. -- Chris Green
