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Subject: Re: Is this possible with postfix?
From: Daniel Roesen (droesenentire-systems.com)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 17:39:25 CST

On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 04:57:04PM -0600, Ari Gordon-Schlosberg wrote:
> Isn't this getting a little too complex?

No. This is real life.

> The internal client should never bypass its assigned SMTP host,

Not all internal clients have an assigned smarthost. All UNIX systems I
know deliver Mail according to DNS MX information by default.

> Replace internal client with "Outlook Express" and set its SMTP server
> to be "Internal SMTP" in its config.

OE is LIMITED to smarthost usage. Unix boxes generally NOT.

> It shouldn't where the mail is going, all outgoing
> mail from Outlook Express will go through Internal SMTP.

Indeed. But the world has more to offer than crappy Win MUAs.

You CAN setup ALL internal hosts to use a smarthost, but I think this is
not the preferred way to handle it. YMMV.

Best regards,
Daniel