On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 07:51:20PM -0500, Noel Jones wrote: >> Can anybody suggest how I can achieve this set up? > > The "loops back to myself" message is caused when postfix is greeted with > its own hostname. One instance needs a different hostname.
A loop is detected via any of these three mechanisms: - Own hostname appears in the peer's "220 hostname ..." banner - Own hostname appears in the peer's "250-hostname<CRLF>..." EHLO response - The destination IP address is listed in $inet_interfaces or $proxy_addresses -- Viktor. Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: <mailto:majord...@postfix.org?body=unsubscribe%20postfix-users> If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly.