On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Lonnie Olson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Merrill Oveson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Plug: >> >> running postfix - everything works. >> >> Now I took a domain call it s.com and signed up for google apps. I >> also changed the DNS MX records to point to google's mail servers. >> When I send an email to [email protected]. someone gets the email via >> google's email. so far so good. >> >> Now on my local postfix, I set up automatic forwarding, so that >> anything delivered to x.com should go to [email protected]. >> This is where is doesn't work. >> >> It's like the email doesn't "see" the mx records for x.com to go to >> s.com, but insteads lands at the local postfix machine and stays >> there. >> >> suggestions? > > If postfix considers x.com a local domain, it doesn't matter what the > MX records of it are. It will deliver locally. > Postfix uses the "mydestination" parameter to determine what exactly > is local. running "postconf mydestination" will show you the config > option as it understands. > > Posting your mail logs for a test email will also be very useful in > identifying the problem. > > --lonnie > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */
"If postfix considers x.com a local domain, it doesn't matter what the MX records of it are. It will deliver locally." Is there a setting where I can say, "use the MX records"? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
