From: Christopher Koeber (ckoebergmail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 20 2010 - 20:59:47 CDT

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On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt <
Ralf.Hildebrandtcharite.de> wrote:

> * Christopher Koeber <ckoebergmail.com>:
>
> > inet_interfaces = all
> default
>
> > mydomain = students.wesleyseminary.edu
> > myhostname = students.wesleyseminary.edu
>
> I'd say myhostname = students.wesleyseminary.edu
> which implies mydomain = wesleyseminary.edu
>
> Setting mydomain equal to myhostname strikes me as being odd.
>

I did this per the directions for setting Postfix up with Gentoo. If I
change it I'll need to change other items on the system for sure so I'll
look into this first before making changes.

>
> > mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
> > mynetworks_style = subnet
> If you set mynetworks explicitly, no need to set mynetworks_style
>

Thanks, I removed it.

>
> > myorigin = $mydomain
> Or rather $myhostname which is the default anyway :)
>
> > smtpd_banner = students.wesleyseminary.edu ESMTP $mail_name
> ($mail_version)
> Lose that, use the default
>

See, here is where I have a question. When I set this to the default I never
passed the online mail server tests and my mail was caught in spam, etc.

When I have it set like this everything works correctly.

Any ideas?

>
> > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,
> > permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination
>
> OK
>

Thanks so much for your time and energy.

Regards,
Christopher Koeber

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