relay_domains is how you tell your mail server how to reject other domains from relaying email through your mail server. This it completely different than virtual_domains, which helps describe domains for which the email server will accept mail for.
-Micah On Monday 09 January 2006 12:42 pm, Niblett, David A wrote: > Sorry for that late reply, holiday madness around here. > > I had to go digging to find the setup I had with Virtual > Domains. This works too, I use it at home, it was my > first attempt at Postfix and DBMail. I have several domains: > > virtual_mailbox_base = /virtual/mail > virtual_mailbox_domains = pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-domains.cf > virtual_mailbox_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-users.cf > virtual_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-virtual.cf > transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport > transport_destination_recipient_limit = 1 > > I believe you can make the transport maps as a pgsql select > to grab only the @domain.name portion and hard code the > dbmail-lmtp transport part in the select. > > To be honest I don't really get the difference between virtual_mailbox > and relay_domains. I just recall reading somewhere that relay_domains > was prefered over virtual_mailbox. Regardless, you should be able > to provide a pgsql:xxxx for the relay_domains option per: > http://www.postfix.org/uce.html#relay_domains > > The code to do virtual_mailbox_domains is practically identical to > relay_domains, so I'm not sure why it didn't work for you. Just > remember it has to return 2 columns, the first being the domain > and the second being "something". Postfix doesn't care, but it > has to get something there or else it's unhappy. > > Got any log output when you try this? Especially useful is to > use debug_peer = <IP> and set the debug level high. Then you can > connect from a specific IP (the one listed) and Postfix will > puke up TONS of logs about what exactly it's trying to do with > the delivery. > > -- > David A. Niblett | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Administrator | Phone: (352) 334-3400 > Gainesville Regional Utilities | Web: http://www.gru.net/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Andy Savage > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 6:12 PM > To: DBMail mailinglist > Subject: Re: [Dbmail] Postfix & DBMail (Plus Reject messages) > > > Thanks David, but one more thing I need to ask. > > I am interested in having everything stored in the database, so I don't > want to store relay_domains in the config file. What would be the > correct way to proxy that to mysql and what would my query look like? > Lets say I have a seperate table called postfix_domains. > > You see I am accepting mail for many domains and it makes it much easier > > having everything in the database. > > Also, can I ask, what is the difference between relay_domains and > virtual_domains? > > Kind Regards, > Andy Savage > > Niblett, David A wrote: > > Andy, > > > > I was on the same path as you. Since you are going to use > > dbmail lmtp for delivery I found you need to use relay_domains. > > > > This is what I do: > > > > relay_domains = domain.com > > relay_recipient_maps = proxy:pgsql:/sql-configs/postfix-relay-pgsql.cf > > relay_transport = dbmail-lmtp:[127.0.0.1]:24 > > > > > > That was all I needed to get everything to work and reject messages. > > I HIGHLY suggest you use a 550 to reject the Email. By using a 450 you > > > > are telling the other end that it's a soft error and to try again > > later. 550 tells the sender, it doesn't exist, and to not try again. > > > > By doing a 450, you will just clog up the sender and they will just > > eat more bandwidth and CPU hitting you again (most likely every ~15m > > for 5d). > > > > -- > > David A. Niblett | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Network Administrator | Phone: (352) 334-3400 > > Gainesville Regional Utilities | Web: http://www.gru.net/ > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Andy Savage > > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:01 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Dbmail] Postfix & DBMail (Plus Reject messages) > > > > > > Hey guys > > > > I'm trying to combine DBMail with Postfix and basically I need your > > help! > > > > I'm after 3 things as I'm having a few troubles currently and was > > wondering if some kind soul on the list could help me out. > > > > I need the main.cf configuration for postfix to allow postfix to check > > whether a valid recipient exists in the dbmail database and if it > > doens't send a 450 reject message back to the user. I don't want to > > even > > > accept mail for unknown users, it just burdens my mailserver. > > > > Currently I have: > > ------------------main.cf---------------- > > myhostname = server.domain.tld > > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases > > alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases > > myorigin = /etc/mailname > > mydestination = $myhostname, localhost, localhost.localdomain > > relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mailbox_command = > > mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all > > > > mydestination = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-transport.cf > > local_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-localusers.cf > > transport_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-transport.cf > > > > local_transport = dbmail-lmtp: > > > > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = > > permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject_unauth_destination > > smtpd_use_tls = yes > > smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert smtpd_tls_key_file = > > /etc/postfix/smtpd.key unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > Kind Regards, > > Andy Savage > > _______________________________________________ > > Dbmail mailing list > > [email protected] https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > _______________________________________________ > > Dbmail mailing list > > [email protected] https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > [email protected] https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
