On 8/30/06, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick Bogen wrote: > > >On 8/30/06, Eric Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I thought I have another machine that can act as a mail server (and is > >> also running postfix) maybe I could get it to sent the mail. Since I > >> am running > >> DELIVERY_MODULE = 'SMTPDirect' > > > >Are you sure that the machine in question is configured to (a) listen > >on its external IP address (rather than just localhost), and (b) to > >accept mail coming from elsewhere and destined for elsewhere? (In most > >distribution-installed postfixen, these two things are NOT the default > >behaviour, so far as I know. They may be offered by the automatic > >configuration (Debian does this), but that still requires some degree > >of intention by the person installing the software.) > > > I don't think (b) is the reason as in this case, the MTA would accept > the connect and the start of the SMTP transaction as it wouldn't know > it was a 'relay' until 'RCPT'. > > In any case, this appears to be an issue with Postfix configuration on > '123.456.789.6'. > > What happens if you > > telnet 123.456.789.6 25 > > from your Mailman box? > Yes this set me on the right path. I did have mynetworks_style and later mynetworks set correctly but I misread the instructions and inet_interfaces was not, in my distribution, set at the default but limited to localhost just as Patrick said.
After that it was all downhill. I still do not understand what is wrong with postfix on the original machine but this gives me some breathing room and clarifies things a bit. Thanks for your help. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
