SMTP relayhost

[Brady, Mike]

On 2014-03-08 21:46, simon at simonforsell.se wrote:
> Sorry, accidently sent out of list...
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> Från: Simon Forsell [mailto:simon at simonforsell.se]
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> Skickat: den 8 mars 2014 09:35
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> Till: 'hede'
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> Ämne: SV: SMTP relayhost
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> I have tried them both but it seems like its only using localhost
> whatever I put there...
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> The server is smtp.nnab.net and is just to use for outgoing mail, the
> chain is
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> Mail send-> my kolabserver -> ISP smtp...
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> I include my Master and main
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> 8 mars 2014, hede <kolab983 at der-he.de> skrev:
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>> Am Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:33:14 +0100 schrieb Paul Klos
>> <kolab at klos2day.nl>:
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>>> I have
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>>> relayhost = smtp.example.org
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>> This works if it has a MX record in DNS.
>> If not, then add square brackets around it:
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>> relayhost = [smtp.example.org]
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>> http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#relayhost [1]
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>> With brackets it uses the common A record.
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I do exactly what you are trying to do with no problems.

What do you mean when you say "it seems like its only using localhost"?  
What is in /var/log/maillog when you send an email and to an external 
adress?

Regards

Mike