Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 20:41:15 -0700 From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Name resolution in FreeBSD/Postfix Message-ID: <20241105203524638613094@bob.proulx.com> In-Reply-To: <30b4b3ca-1872-480a-93bb-f0c85908515f@quillandmouse.com> References: <30b4b3ca-1872-480a-93bb-f0c85908515f@quillandmouse.com>
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Paul M. Foster wrote:
> Trying to configure Postfix to route local mail (internet is later). During
> a telnet conversation with Postfix to send it mail for a local user, it
I highly recommend using the swaks mail test utility to help with this
type of testing. It's much easier than chatting using telnet. Try it
and I am sure you will like it!
swaks --to=rwp@localhost --server=localhost
> chokes on paulf@localhost recipient, with a 451 4.3.0 error. This is my
> user, and it's in the /etc/passwd file. So I don't understand why it doesn't
> understand the recipient email address. And yes, localhost is 127.0.0.1 in
> the /etc/hosts file.
It all depends upon your postfix configuration but localhost is
probably not listed in mydestination.
rwp@madness:~$ postconf mydestination
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
Bob
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