On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 16:19 -0600, Chris Johnson wrote: > I'm not sure what bastion is but my question is why is the relay going > through mx.util.phx.redhat.com currently? I'm guessing bastion is the > host the @fedoraproject.org email is delivered on. (?) I can't find > mx.util.phx.redhat.com in public dns is there an ACL on the zone or is > this an /etc/host entry? Is the relay to mx.util.phx.redhat.com done > via a relayhost entry in main.cf? Also, where does mail go after > mx.util.phx.redhat.com, I'm guessing there's another hop before the > internet because of the dns failure. mx.util.phx.redhat.com is inside the internal network. bastion can reach it - but not everything else. and yes bastion currently sends things to mx.util b/c of the relayhost entry. > back to mx.util.phx.redhat.com? does it come from their or from the MX hosts? internal dns. > Just curious as the the "various reasons" you mention here. some legal, some administrative. > >I'm proposing using a postfix transport map which explicitly says: > >.redhat.com smtp:mx.util.phx.redhat.com > >redhat.com smtp:mx.util.phx.redhat.com > >* : > > > > I believe you could also remove the last line and if a relayhost is > used in main.cf comment it out. It should do the same thing since > postfix uses dns mx or A record for next hop delivery. I put the last line in so there was no doubt what the last action should be. You're correct, though, that it's not required. > >So my question for all you nice people is: > > > >Can anyone see any problem with doing this? I've tested it out on a > >different mail server I take care of and it works fine. > > I would wonder if this is needed at all? why can't the redhat.com > domain go to the mx too? just curious. As long as redhat.com isn't one > of bastion's postfix mydestination I would expect everything to still > work and be a much easier config to change or troubleshoot later. /me > likes things as simple as possible :-) b/c aiui it's an internal mail routing mechanism. -sv _______________________________________________ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list
