Server/mail/naming setup theory

Bill Mullen moon at lunarhub.com
Sun Apr 18 11:16:02 EDT 2004


On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Jason Stephenson wrote:

> Dan Jenkins wrote:
> 
> > In /etc/postfix/transport, add these lines:
> > aol.com smtp:[smtp.bur.adelphia.net]
> > netscape.net smtp:[smtp.bur.adelphia.net]
> > earthlink.net smtp:[smtp.bur.adelphia.net]
> > rcn.net smtp:[smtp.bur.adelphia.net]
> 
> I missed a bit of that discussion, but does the above tell postfix to
> actually relay through that server or does it tell postfix to "spoof"  
> that server on HELO?

It tells Postfix to to relay through that server mail for those specific 
domains. After any changes are made to that file, one needs to then run 
"postmap /etc/postfix/transport" and "postfix reload" to enable them.

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