On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:51:38 +0100 Jaroslaw Rafa <r...@rafa.eu.org> wrote:
> Dnia 24.03.2020 o godz. 08:49:26 Wietse Venema pisze: > > Ranjan Maitra: > > > However, I am a little confused as to what I should do. It appears > > > to me that an example such as here: > > > https://blog.skbali.com/2019/03/start-a-script-on-boot-using-systemd/ > > > would be enough to get this started at boot? > > > > I suggest that you ask about how to run a command at boot time or > > VPN up/down time, in the forum for your specific OS. This is no > > longer a POSTFIX topic. > > Does the OP really have to go through this and write scripts that monitor > the state of VPN interface and change the Postfx config appropriately? > > Someone already mentioned here that if OP is relaying his mail through a > smarthost reachable only via VPN, then Postfix should probably keep all mail > in queue until that smarthost is available. > > So there's a question to OP: do you relay your mail through a smarthost > behind your VPN? If no, is it possible for you to do it? > > In that case, you wouldn't have to worry about monitoring your VPN state. > -- So, I have tried to set the relayhost to a specific mailhub address but have not been able to make this work. I get a message then which reads like: delivery temporarily suspended: lost connection with the mailhub server while receiving the initial server greeting The advice from my IT is to move to a web-based mail service that I detest. So, I was trying to get around it on my own. And I appear to have gotten around it (to a reasonable extent) but for the VPN up/down issue. I am happy to look into other solutions that may work or work better. Ranjan -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses.
