How To Relay Email On A Postfix Server | Linux Today

How To Relay Email On A Postfix Server

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 22, 2009

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“For two small businesses I set up a debian lenny
installation on their “home” dsl connection. The problem is that
they have dynamic ip addresses and most mailservers will not accept
incoming mail from a server on a dynamic ip address. The solution
is rather simple.

“Set up postfix in a way that it will relay the outgoing email
through the actual ISP. In this short howto I’ll show you how to do
that.”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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