Re: How to use direct delivery before relay?

2009-11-09 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 04:30:30PM -0500, Mike Gering wrote: I've built my webserver on Amazon EC2 which, even with static IP addresses, does not handle reverse DNS lookup, causing (relatively few) recipient servers reject the mail. We've contracted with a mail relay service, but they are

How to use direct delivery before relay?

2009-11-08 Thread Mike Gering
Is there a way to configure postfix so that it will attempt to use direct delivery before relaying to another host? I've built my webserver on Amazon EC2 which, even with static IP addresses, does not handle reverse DNS lookup, causing (relatively few) recipient servers reject the mail. We've

Re: How to use direct delivery before relay?

2009-11-08 Thread Dhiraj Chatpar
What i think you can try do is try creating multiple instance of postfix First Instance: Direct Delivery (If rejected forwarded and tried via Instance 2) Second Instance: Configured for only relay host I guess this should solve the problem. Rgds Dhiraj Stephen

Re: How to use direct delivery before relay?

2009-11-08 Thread Wietse Venema
Mike Gering: Is there a way to configure postfix so that it will attempt to use direct delivery before relaying to another host? Postfix looks up MX records by default, and can be configured to add an extra MX host (with smtp_fallback_relay) that is given the worst possible MX preference.

Re: How to use direct delivery before relay?

2009-11-08 Thread Mike Gering
Wietse Venema wrote: Mike Gering: Is there a way to configure postfix so that it will attempt to use direct delivery before relaying to another host? Postfix looks up MX records by default, and can be configured to add an "extra" MX host (with smtp_fallback_relay) that