postfix definitive guide

Hi, I am looking for a definitive guide to setting up postfix on a system where i have a domain for eg. xyz.com configured. and i setup the mail server as mail1.xyz.com. Request you to please send me a complete guide to settings up DNS for a perfect mail server setup as i am only able to find the

Re: postfix definitive guide

Dhiraj Chatpar wrote: Hi, I am looking for a definitive guide to setting up postfix on a system where i have a domain for eg. xyz.com configured. and i setup the mail server as mail1.xyz.com . Request you to please send me a complete guide to settings up

Problem with recipient verification

Hi I'm running Postfix v2.5.6 which I compiled myself from unmodified sources. (postconf -d appended below) I have a small server handling 5 domains and I'm having trouble with one of my virtual domains wrt recipient verification. Mail to 4 of the domains behaves correctly and is either acc

Re: Problem with recipient verification

Jeremy Bowen wrote: Hi I'm running Postfix v2.5.6 which I compiled myself from unmodified sources. (postconf -d appended below) I have a small server handling 5 domains and I'm having trouble with one of my virtual domains wrt recipient verification. Why you even use address verification,

Re: Problem with recipient verification

Eero Volotinen wrote: Jeremy Bowen wrote: Hi I'm running Postfix v2.5.6 which I compiled myself from unmodified sources. (postconf -d appended below) I have a small server handling 5 domains and I'm having trouble with one of my virtual domains wrt recipient verification. Why you even use

Re: Problem with recipient verification

Jeremy Bowen wrote: Eero Volotinen wrote: Jeremy Bowen wrote: Hi I'm running Postfix v2.5.6 which I compiled myself from unmodified sources. (postconf -d appended below) I have a small server handling 5 domains and I'm having trouble with one of my virtual domains wrt recipient verificatio

Re: Problem with recipient verification

2009/11/15 Jeremy Bowen : >>> I'm running Postfix v2.5.6 which I compiled myself from unmodified >>> sources. (postconf -d appended below) I don't seem to have the original for this, perhaps the thread got broken somewhere, but gmail shouldn't have lost it. Anyway, you need to post the output of `

Re: Postfix send emails from a subnet, how to config?

Phillip, you're my hero. It works perfectly. I never though about involving iptables. Thank you very much. Phillip Smith wrote: 2009/11/15 Mihai Mustea : work for) a website with fashion campaigns and it sends more than 50K emails each day, 90% of them being hosted by Yahoo (all users being

Re: Postfix send emails from a subnet, how to config?

My emails are deferred by Yahoo (when I was sending from only one interface). Do you think this solution can solve my issues or I can get into trouble? Thank you again. Mihai Mustea wrote: Phillip, you're my hero. It works perfectly. I never though about involving iptables. Thank you very

Re: Postfix send emails from a subnet, how to config?

Please do not top-post your replies. Thank you. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 03:40:54PM +0200, Mihai Mustea wrote: > My emails are deferred by Yahoo (when I was sending from only > one interface). Do you think this solution can solve my issues First, I really doubt it IS an issue. My solution to the s

Re: postfix definitive guide

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 03:06:51PM +0530, Dhiraj Chatpar wrote: > Request you to please send me a complete guide to settings up > DNS for a perfect mail server setup as i am only able to find > the setting up for postfix but not the DNS settings required > which is most essential. Postfix, the MTA

Re: Problem with recipient verification

Barney Desmond wrote: 2009/11/15 Jeremy Bowen : I'm running Postfix v2.5.6 which I compiled myself from unmodified sources. (postconf -d appended below) Anyway, you need to post the output of `postconf -n` (settings that are non-default) - read the help, it tells you that -d sho

Re: Problem with recipient verification

That part of the system isn't the problem and is working perfectly well. (Yes, it is a relay, handled in the transport file) I have a prolem with the new domain I added to the server and it is this new domain which is doing verification probes to my ISP. So, you need to add that domain to m

Re: Problem with recipient verification

>> I have a prolem with the new domain I added to the server and it is this >> new domain which is doing verification probes to my ISP. > >So, you need to add that domain to mydestination= parameter? It's added to my vdomains file as per: virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vdomains (And Yes,

Re: Problem with recipient verification

On 11/15/2009, "(Wietse Venema)" wrote: >If you specify /etc/postfix/vdomains then postmap is not required, >and some parts of Postfix never find out that the file has changed >until "postfix reload". > >postmap is required with, for example, hash:/etc/postfix/vdomains >instead of /etc/postfix/vdo

Re: Problem with recipient verification

On 11/15/2009, "Eero Volotinen" wrote: > virtual_mailbox_domains ($virtual_mailbox_maps) > Postfix is final destination for the specified list > of domains; mail is delivered via the $vir- > tual_transport mail delivery transport. > >That domain i

Re: Problem with recipient verification

Jeremy Bowen: > >> I have a prolem with the new domain I added to the server and it is this > >> new domain which is doing verification probes to my ISP. > > > >So, you need to add that domain to mydestination= parameter? > > It's added to my vdomains file as per: > virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/

Re: Problem with recipient verification

Jeremy Bowen wrote: I have a prolem with the new domain I added to the server and it is this new domain which is doing verification probes to my ISP. So, you need to add that domain to mydestination= parameter? It's added to my vdomains file as per: virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vdoma

Re: Problem with recipient verification

Jeremy Bowen: > What is the logic behind where the verification probe is sent ? > 4 out of 5 domains (all configured identically as far as I can > tell) operate correctly and the probe seems to be handled locally. > The other domain passes the verification probe to my upstream > (relayhost). You c

Re: Problem with recipient verification

On 11/15/2009, "Jeremy Bowen" wrote: >On 11/15/2009, "(Wietse Venema)" wrote: >>You configured one domain in a different manner than the four domains. >> >>To convince yourself, you could add a sixth domain (such as >>"example.com") and see how Postfix tries to handle it. > >OK, Just added exampl

Re: Problem with recipient verification

On 11/15/2009, "(Wietse Venema)" wrote: >You configured one domain in a different manner than the four domains. > >To convince yourself, you could add a sixth domain (such as >"example.com") and see how Postfix tries to handle it. OK, Just added example.com to /etc/postfix/vdomains. Added t...@ex

Re: Postfix send emails from a subnet, how to config?

2009/11/16 Mihai Mustea : > My emails are deferred by Yahoo (when I was sending from only one > interface). Do you think this solution can solve my issues or I can get into > trouble? I did say it was a nasty hack ;) Everything mentioned by /dev/rob0 are valid comments. Deferrals are part of the

Re: Postfix send emails from a subnet, how to config?

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 03:32:13PM -0600, Noel Jones wrote: > http://www.postfix.org/MULTI_INSTANCE_README.html > This can be scripted to easily support hundreds of instances. Never tried "hundreds". The cost of "postfix start", etc. would be quite high in that case... A handful is more typical.

Re: postfix definitive guide

Hi Dhiraj, Here I am providing you some useful URL's for DNS configuration. I hope this will help you a lot to setup your mail server with perfect DNS. 1] http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch18_:_Configuring_DNS#Introduction_to_DNS 2] http://www.charvolant.org/~d

increase queue lifetime

Hi All, Because of a crashed exchange server we need to queue messages longer on our smarthost then usual. I want to increase the time messages are queued to at least 2 weeks... Is changing the 'maximal_queue_lifetime' in main.cf sufficient to accomplish this? Thanks! - Marco van