Your tip led me to** disable_dns_lookups, which I turned off, since this is a local-mail-only service. It then brought me to the "loops back to myself" problem, solved by adding $myhostname.$mydomain to mydestination.
2009/8/27 Victor Duchovni <[email protected]> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 02:16:52PM -0500, /dev/rob0 wrote: > > > > Aug 27 14:56:24 host postfix/smtp[6906]: CF53F140C059: > > > to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0, status=bounced (Host > > > or domain name not found. Name service error for name=host.domain > > > type=A: Host not found) > > > Aug 27 14:56:24 host postfix/qmgr[6811]: CF53F140C059: removed > > > > > > It looks like postfix is trying to lookup host.domain through DNS > > > instead of reading my /etc/hosts file, which looks like: > > > > Correct. Mail routing is done by means of DNS lookups. > > See also: > > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_host_lookup > > in general, it is best to have all SMTP server IP addresses in DNS. > You could also use "smtp:[ip.a.dd.r]" in the transport table... > > -- > Viktor. > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. > > To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit > http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: > <mailto:[email protected]?body=unsubscribe%20postfix-users> > > If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not > send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put > "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly. >
