Peter,

Actually it would be fine if I could set address for qmail-send, as you
mentioned...where can I get that patch?
Here is basically my setup, using private IP addresses just as an example:

192.168.0.1  mybox.test.com (physical interface, eth0)
192.168.0.2 ns1.test.com (virtual interface, eth0:1)
192.168.0.3 mail.test.com (virtual interface, eth0:2)
192.168.0.4 www.test.com (virtual interface, eth0:3)

qmail is NOT setup as a relay host.  NONE of the people using my host are
relaying through me.
However, when a mail is sent from the box itself, whether spawned from the
website, or a user using the webmail interface, the mail is sent out of
eth0.  I am seeing bounces from other mail daemons saying (192.168.01 !=
mail.test.com).

Apparently there are many mail servers setup in paranoid mode, which will
not accept mail from a domain that does not reverse-lookup properly.

So...how do I fix this, other than the undesireable fix of making the main
IP of my box mail.text.com?

Thanks for the suggestions.
-Charles


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Maag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:12 AM
Subject: RE: [toaster] Force Qmail to use virtual IP for outgoing?


> Charles,
> You need to install this patch:
> http://www.digitaldaemon.com/FreeBSD/qmail/index.html
>
> It will automatically do a DNS lookup of the domain the user is sending
> mail from and will use the IP address associated with that domain.  For
> instance:
>
> If: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is sending a message through your QMail
> install, QMail-Send will lookup test.com and will try and send the
> message through whichever IP address is associated with that domain.
>
> There are some patches that just let you set the external IP for
> QMail-Send, but it seems you would like it based on the actual domain
> sending mail.  Hope this helps.
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 5:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [toaster] Force Qmail to use virtual IP for outgoing?
>
> My host is configured so that eth0:1 is mail.test.com.  But when Qmail
> sends mail its sending it out of eth0, and some mail servers are
> rejecting mail because the IP doesnt match the hostname.  Is there any
> ways around this?
>
>

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