From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Thu Aug 02 2007 - 11:14:59 CDT

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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 05:38:08PM +0200, Peter Rabbitson wrote:

> Victor Duchovni wrote:
> >On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 04:34:58PM +0200, Michael JOLY wrote:
> >
> >>This is my postfix configuration :
> >>...
> >>relay_domains = $mydestination
> >
> >This is generally not a good idea. Do you really relay for subdomains
> >of the local domains?
>
> Sorry for hijacking this thread, I was just about to ask a question
> about this option. Why is the default set to $mydestination? Is it for
> some legacy compatibility reasons just like
> parent_domain_matches_subdomains, or is there another reason behind it?

Pure legacy.

> Should it be generally set to an empty set for servers that do not relay
> explicitly?

Yes.

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        Viktor.

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