How embarrassing. You're right.    Sorry for the noise.  
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
>  
> On Oct 25, 2022 at 6:32 PM, Wietse Venema  <[email protected]>  wrote:
>  
>  
>  James Pifer: 
> >  I've setup a postfix server as a closed relay to only deliver/forward 
> >  email for my domain. I believe I have everything working as desired, 
> >  except for what is getting logged. 
> >  
> >  If I connect to postfix with a portable mail client on my local network 
> >  and send a message through it, I see the connection in the logs. For 
> >  example: 
> >  
> >  Oct 25 13:55:29 server2 postfix/smtpd[3146777]: connect from 
> >  unknown[10.10.5.27] 
> >  Oct 25 13:55:29 server2 postfix/smtpd[3146777]: 424B7407AB55: 
> >  client=unknown[10.10.5.27] 
> >  Oct 25 13:55:29 server2 postfix/cleanup[314611]: 424B7407AB55: 
> >  [email protected] 
> >  Oct 25 13:55:29 server2 postfix/qmgr[3146764]: 424B7407AB55: 
> >  [email protected], size=643, nrcpt=1 (queue active) 
> >  Oct 25 13:55:29 server2 postfix/smtpd[3146777]: disconnect from 
> >  unknown[10.10.5.27] helo=1 mail=1 rcpt=1 data=1 quit=1 commands=5 
> >  Oct 25 13:55:29 server2 postfix/relay/smtp[314612]: 424B7407AB55: 
> >  [email protected], relay=10.10.5.18[10.10.5.18]:25, delay=0.35, 
> >  delays=0.08/0.03/0.01/0.23, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250  2.0.0  Ok: queued 
> >  as 6D107BDB67F3) 
> >  Oct 25 13:55:29 server2 postfix/qmgr[3146764]: 424B7407AB55: removed 
> >  
> >  When email is coming in from the outside, whether it is rejected or 
> >  successful, I get no log information. Maybe it's because my internal 
> >  connection is client=unknown? I cn't tell what is being rejected, 
> >  because none of it is logged. 
>
> Then the answer is easy: the remote SMTP client is not connecting to Postfix, 
> but to some other MTA. 
>
> Try to connect manually from outside to port 25 (telnet, nc) and 
> see how the server identifies itself. It should look like this: 
>
> $ nc  mail.example.com  25 
> 220  mail.example.com  ESMTP Postfix 
>
>  wietse 
>    
     

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