[RndTbl] Mail server config on Ubuntu (Postfix?)

[Wyatt Zacharias]

What is the value of the "mydestination" parameter in main.cf? That should
define all of the different domain combinations that the daemon will accept
mail for instead of relaying it.



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Wyatt Zacharias


On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Adam Thompson <athompso at athompso.net>
wrote:

> AFAIK, you want "dpkg-reconfigure --priority low postfix" and select a
> more appropriate configuration.
>
> I don't have an Ubuntu system to test this with currently, sorry, so I'm
> going from memory.
>
> -Adam
>
>
> On 2018-06-28 11:46, Kevin McGregor wrote:
>
> I'm trying to configure Postfix on Ubuntu 18.04LTS. It's working, in the
> basic sense, but not doing everything I want. I've read some of the config
> help and examples, but I'm still not clear on what to do.
>
> For each Ubuntu server I manage, I'd like these to work:
>
> user1 at ubuntu:~$ mail -s "Test" user2 <message-body
>
> user1 at ubuntu:~$ mail -s "Test" user2 at ubuntu <message-body
>
> user1 at ubuntu:~$ mail -s "Test" user2 at ubuntu.mydomainname <message-body
>
> user1 at ubuntu:~$ mail -s "Test" user3 at myotherdomainname <message-body
>
> I hope that's clear. Or
> mail -s "Test" jdoe
> mail -s "Test" jdoe at server678
> mail -s "Test" jdoe at server678.domain1.org
> ...which would all deliver email locally to this server (server678) and
> the last one would be for mail which is destined for any other user NOT on
> this server but in domain2 (domain1 and domain2 are both internal workplace
> domains), and which will have to go through a relay host to get anywhere:
> mail -s "Test" santa394 at domain2.org
>
> I don't know if I've made myself clear. Ask questions and I'll try to
> clarify what I want.
>
> Kevin
>
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