From: Benedict Verheyen (benedict.verheyensjki.be)
Date: Thu Mar 09 2006 - 09:05:15 CST

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Ron Wheeler wrote:
> I do not know if anyone else has run into this need but I had to set up
> Postfix on a server just to handle outgoing mail to the "real"
> mailserver just so that root and other administrative tasks (backup)
> could send mail.
> There is no local delivery of mail since no one logs into the machine on
> a regular basis. It is just a windows/samba file server and web server.
> It will start to host an ERP soon and will need to e-mail reports, etc
> but there are no plans to have mail sent to it.
>
> I was able to get it going but it might make a nice addition to the next
> version of the "Book of Postfix".
> It was not that hard (at least it seems to work - I got a ton of old
> mail) but it must be a fairly common need and almost all of the examples
> show how to get mail delivered to the local mailboxes rather than how to
> avoid it. It sort of fits in with the section on setting up a Mail
> Gateway but is really a separate topic.
>
> Is this common enough to be worth the 3 or 4 pages it would take to
> explain it?
>
> Ron

I think it might be of great use when you have a machine with multiple
virtual machines running on it. You could then send the logs/reports
over to the host system so you only need to go there to check.
Do you have a summary of the step involved?

Regards,
Benedict

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