From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Wed May 07 2008 - 07:07:31 CDT

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Alexander Vinogradov:
> I have gateway for incoming mail with postfix and ms exchange as final
> destination and outgoing smtp server.
>
> Exchange server are running with FQDN relay.domain.tld. This name is in
> the DNS as a single mx record of our zone.
>
> Can I set "myhostname" parameter with the same FQDN so as do not get
> mail loop errors.

The Postfix SMTP CLIENT will not DELIVER mail to remote SMTP SERVERS
that announce the same MTA hostname in the SMTP handshake.

You can tweak -o options in master.cf but this removes an important
safety mechanism against mail server meltdown.

        Wietse

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