On 10.04.14 17:09, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> Is the problem not best addressed at source, i.e. either fix up the local
> address list, or have correspondents stop munging their return address?

On 11.04.14 00:44, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> The domain is my own local home lan.  Last year I retired the
> system acting as the mail server.  On the replacement server
> I'm using postfix for the first time.
...

> The problem was "fixed" by making mail addressed to the domain
> be delivered locally, i.e. local to the originating host.  Thus
> to get mail to someone else's workstation I had to add their
> host name to the address.
> 
> I think I've found a solution/workaround in the postfix config,

The better solution is to fix the postfix config causing the problem. 
(Your older self will thank you one day.) It does admittedly take a
little time and effort to get on top of postfix when it's first
encountered. Their mailing list is _very_ expert, and helpful if given a
concise problem description and evidence of initial investigations, with
results.

Erik

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