[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 02:34:53PM +1000, Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users wrote: > That makes sense, and is exactly what I would expect, but it still needs > to be documented. > > But it does raise another question in my mind. Many places in the > documentation state that the "Local" domain

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users
That's a non-issue. With that, Postfix will only listen on IPv4 as specified, when the "inet" endpoint only specifies the port. That makes sense, and is exactly what I would expect, but it still needs to be documented. But it does raise another question in my mind. Many places in the

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 01:57:19PM +1000, Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users wrote: > > This is rarely what you want. I'd be inclined to require that the > > "inet_interfaces" parameter be non-empty (though it could still be > > effectively empty as a list by setting it to be a mixture of spaces

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users
This is rarely what you want. I'd be inclined to require that the "inet_interfaces" parameter be non-empty (though it could still be effectively empty as a list by setting it to be a mixture of spaces and at least one comma). You need to be careful what "empty" means. If inet_interfaces has

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 02:08:29PM +1200, Peter via Postfix-users wrote: > On 5/05/23 11:33, Wietse Venema via Postfix-users wrote: > > An empty inet_interfaces means that there is no constraint for the > > SMTP client source IP address. I am adding some text for that. > > I think the question

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Peter via Postfix-users
On 5/05/23 11:33, Wietse Venema via Postfix-users wrote: An empty inet_interfaces means that there is no constraint for the SMTP client source IP address. I am adding some text for that. I think the question is, what effect does it have on the server listening address. This is from

[pfx] Postfix documentation pitfalls. virtual_alias_maps and main.cf macros

2023-05-04 Thread Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users
While Wietse has his word processor open, I'd like to share a few of my greatest misdirects in my evolving understanding of Postfix. To quote a like minded individual I simply want to help others avoid my points of confusion, in the belief I am not a uniquirely incapable or unintelligent

[pfx] Re: Regarding transport maps (sender_dependent_relayhost_maps not working)

2023-05-04 Thread Wietse Venema via Postfix-users
Andrew Athan via Postfix-users: > Thanks Viktor: > > > welcome to the internet > > Yeah :) I've been here for 30 years. > > > unlikely to be productive > > I simply want to help others avoid my points of confusion, in the belief I > am not a uniquirely incapable or unintelligent reader. > > I

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Wietse Venema via Postfix-users
Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users: > It was more a rhetorical question in the context of documentation > improvement. Specifically, the documentation doesn't actually say what > [blank] means. I think something like the following would be an > improvement.. > > Specify "all" to receive mail on

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 07:01:03AM +1000, Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users wrote: > Specify "all" to receive mail on all network interfaces (default), > "loopback-only" to receive mail on loopback network interfaces only > (Postfix version 2.2 and later) or leave blank to disable the reception

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users
It was more a rhetorical question in the context of documentation improvement. Specifically, the documentation doesn't actually say what [blank] means. I think something like the following would be an improvement.. Specify "all" to receive mail on all network interfaces (default),

[pfx] Re: domain based vhosts

2023-05-04 Thread Bill Cole via Postfix-users
On 2023-05-04 at 08:21:31 UTC-0400 (Thu, 04 May 2023 14:21:31 +0200) Corey Hickman via Postfix-users is rumored to have said: Hello list, another more question, does postfix support domain based vhosts? It depends on what you mean by that... There is no mechanism in SMTP for a server to

[pfx] Re: multi smtp servers question

2023-05-04 Thread Wietse Venema via Postfix-users
Benny Pedersen via Postfix-users: > Wietse Venema via Postfix-users skrev den 2023-05-04 15:28: > > Benny Pedersen via Postfix-users: > >> [OT] answer, when postfix maillist was on cloud9, it had 3 ipv4, 3 > >> ipv6, and i have newver seen mails that was remotely tempfailed used > >> another ip in

[pfx] Re: multi smtp servers question

2023-05-04 Thread Benny Pedersen via Postfix-users
Wietse Venema via Postfix-users skrev den 2023-05-04 15:28: Benny Pedersen via Postfix-users: [OT] answer, when postfix maillist was on cloud9, it had 3 ipv4, 3 ipv6, and i have newver seen mails that was remotely tempfailed used another ip in cloud9, why this ? Because each host had its own

[pfx] Re: multi smtp servers question

2023-05-04 Thread Wietse Venema via Postfix-users
Benny Pedersen via Postfix-users: > [OT] answer, when postfix maillist was on cloud9, it had 3 ipv4, 3 > ipv6, and i have newver seen mails that was remotely tempfailed used > another ip in cloud9, why this ? Because each host had its own mail queue. Only the majordomo related files were

[pfx] Re: [ext] multi smtp servers question

2023-05-04 Thread Benny Pedersen via Postfix-users
Ralf Hildebrandt via Postfix-users skrev den 2023-05-04 14:41: * Corey Hickman via Postfix-users : Hello list, We have 3 smtp servers for sending messages. When mail in one server has delivery issue, how can we setup it to use another more servers for second/third delivery? You could use

[pfx] Re: multi smtp servers question

2023-05-04 Thread Benny Pedersen via Postfix-users
Corey Hickman via Postfix-users skrev den 2023-05-04 14:18: We have 3 smtp servers for sending messages. When mail in one server has delivery issue, how can we setup it to use another more servers for second/third delivery? retroisk answer, when postfix maillist was on cloud9, it had 3 ipv4,

[pfx] Re: inet_interfaces documentation

2023-05-04 Thread Wietse Venema via Postfix-users
Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users: > how is "inet_interfaces = all" different to "inet_interfaces = " (i.e. > blank)? One says that Postfix will provide network service on all IP addresses, the other does not, and all this is subject to overrides in master.cf. Neither constrains the SMTP client

[pfx] Re: domain based vhosts

2023-05-04 Thread Wietse Venema via Postfix-users
Corey Hickman via Postfix-users: > Hello list, > > another more question, does postfix support domain based vhosts? > such as different vhost has different policies, routes, milters etc. For near-complete isolation of queues, policies, and so on,

[pfx] Re: [ext] multi smtp servers question

2023-05-04 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Postfix-users
* Corey Hickman via Postfix-users : > Hello list, > > We have 3 smtp servers for sending messages. When mail in one server has > delivery issue, how can we setup it to use another more servers for > second/third delivery? You could use smtp_fallback_relay -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich

[pfx] domain based vhosts

2023-05-04 Thread Corey Hickman via Postfix-users
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[pfx] multi smtp servers question

2023-05-04 Thread Corey Hickman via Postfix-users
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