[H-GEN] Postfix problem

[Sarah Hollings]

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Harry Phillips wrote:
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> I have an internal mail server configured using Fetchmail, Courier-IMAP 
> and Postfix on a Mandrake server at work. To reduce the amount of 
> internet traffic and speed up internal mail I have configured the file 
> /etc/postfix/virtual with the entries
> 
> user1 at 4ward.com.au user1 at localhost
> user2 at 4ward.com.au user2 at localhost

This seems a little strange - a sendmail style virtual domain for 
localhost (assuming you have localhost in mydestination in main.cf), but 
I don't know anything about the rest of your setup, and I'm far from a 
mail expert - tho' I have a postfix setup at my workplace.

> 
> I also have configured it to use my ISP's SMTP server as I have had 
> messages rejected because it was delivered directly from a DHCP pool IP 
> address.
> 
> Now I use the same setup at home. My problem is that mail doesn't stay 
> internal. I have tested whether the mail goes external by shutting down 
> fetchmail, at work it gets delivered, at home it goes to my domain host 
> account (which I check using IMAP to their server).
> 
> I have run the command 'postmap /etc/postfix/virtual' and added the line 
> 'virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual' to the main.cf file.
> 
> Does anyone know what I could check on my config here at home or do I 
> have to wait till Monday?
> 

Have a look at /etc/postfix/transport

You may need a line like
.localhost	local:
    ...or...
.localhost	smtp:[127.0.0.1]

Rgds,
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