Receive mail addressed to user@[IP address] instead of domain

Hello all,

I want to be able to receive mail addressed to testuser@123.4.567.890. I
have the basic default postfix configuration at the moment. I can send mail
out, but cannot receive.

I am new to postfix (and Linux in general).

I am in the process of setting up postfix to act as my Internet mail server.
At this point I do not have a domain name or an MX record. I do have a
static IP address. Again, I am just learning this stuff. Once I get this
working, I'll move my MX address from my current web hosting company to my
own IP address.


123.4.567.890 is not the real IP address<g>

Here's a transcript from a bounced e-mail to testuser:

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<testuser@[123.4.567.890]>
(reason: 554 <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>: Recipient address rejected:
Relay access denied)


----- Transcript of session follows -----
.... while talking to [123.4.567.890]:


>>> DATA


<<< 554 <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>: Recipient address rejected: Relay access
denied
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
<<< 554 Error: no valid recipients

The particulars:

Red Hat 9.0
Webmin 1.110
Postfix 1.1.12
testuser is a valid account.
I can logon to SquirrelMail on this box with the testuser account.
I can send e-mail out through postfix from a workstation on the network
running Eudora.
I have done all configuration (minimal) via Webmin up to this point.

I am reading the Webmin documentation on setting up Postfix, but I'm not
sure where to go from here.

Thanks in advance,
Mark




---
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Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004

as far as I know it's not possible to send mails to user@IP at all!



"Mark L. Cooper" <mlcooper54_NO_SPAM_@aol.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:bu7gmf$eokmd$1@ID-147466.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hello all,
>
> I want to be able to receive mail addressed to testuser@123.4.567.890. I
> have the basic default postfix configuration at the moment. I can send
mail
> out, but cannot receive.
>
> I am new to postfix (and Linux in general).
>
> I am in the process of setting up postfix to act as my Internet mail
server.
> At this point I do not have a domain name or an MX record. I do have a
> static IP address. Again, I am just learning this stuff. Once I get this
> working, I'll move my MX address from my current web hosting company to my
> own IP address.
>
>
> 123.4.567.890 is not the real IP address<g>
>
> Here's a transcript from a bounced e-mail to testuser:
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>
> (reason: 554 <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>: Recipient address rejected:
> Relay access denied)
>
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to [123.4.567.890]:
>
>
> >>> DATA
>
>
> <<< 554 <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>: Recipient address rejected: Relay
access
> denied
> 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
> <<< 554 Error: no valid recipients
>
> The particulars:
>
> Red Hat 9.0
> Webmin 1.110
> Postfix 1.1.12
> testuser is a valid account.
> I can logon to SquirrelMail on this box with the testuser account.
> I can send e-mail out through postfix from a workstation on the network
> running Eudora.
> I have done all configuration (minimal) via Webmin up to this point.
>
> I am reading the Webmin documentation on setting up Postfix, but I'm not
> sure where to go from here.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by MLC's AVG.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004
>
>

if you don't have anything productive to say except for this smart-ass crap
you'd better shut the fuck up!

btw. if you don't know what "as far as I know" means,
just look it up. I'm sure you'll find some Internetpages
explaining it ;)

> "Markus Thiel" <mtcobra@gmx.de> writes:
> >>
>
> >
> >
> >as far as I know it's not possible to send mails to user@IP at all!
>
> I suppose that's the kind of advice you'd expect to get from a
> top poster. IOW, wrong.
>
>
> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
> ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/news/doc/so1036.txt
> http://fmf.fwn.rug.nl/~anton/topposting.html
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.mccau...ks/uquote.html.
> http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post
> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_chr0.htm
> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/dont.html
> http://www.geocities.com/nnqweb/nquote.html
> http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting.html
> http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost
> http://www.html-faq.com/faq.php?clue=topposting
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt
> http://www.jsiinc.com/newsgroup_document.htm
> http://www.malibutelecom.fi/yucca/usenet/brox.html
> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html
> http://www.newsreaders.com/
> http://www.planefacts.ndirect.co.uk/group/advice/
> http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html
> http://www.star-one.org.uk/computer/format.htm
> http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html#s3
> http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html
>
> Get your OE fixed here;
> http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
> [email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk]
>
>

Hello,

The mydestination parameter specifies the list of domains that this machine
considers itself the final destination for.
e.g.

mydestination = $mydomain
mydestination = $mydomain, $myhostname
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain

mydestination = mail.$mydomain, www.$mydomain, ftp.$mydomain



In your case make sure you include the following in main.cf
#mydestination = 192.168.1.20



Post your complete config please............

mailing.postfix-users would be a better place for you to find help.





Cheers,



Clifford







"Mark L. Cooper" <mlcooper54_NO_SPAM_@aol.com> wrote in message
news:bu7gmf$eokmd$1@ID-147466.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hello all,
>
> I want to be able to receive mail addressed to testuser@123.4.567.890. I
> have the basic default postfix configuration at the moment. I can send
mail
> out, but cannot receive.
>
> I am new to postfix (and Linux in general).
>
> I am in the process of setting up postfix to act as my Internet mail
server.
> At this point I do not have a domain name or an MX record. I do have a
> static IP address. Again, I am just learning this stuff. Once I get this
> working, I'll move my MX address from my current web hosting company to my
> own IP address.
>
>
> 123.4.567.890 is not the real IP address<g>
>
> Here's a transcript from a bounced e-mail to testuser:
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>
> (reason: 554 <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>: Recipient address rejected:
> Relay access denied)
>
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to [123.4.567.890]:
>
>
> >>> DATA
>
>
> <<< 554 <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>: Recipient address rejected: Relay
access
> denied
> 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
> <<< 554 Error: no valid recipients
>
> The particulars:
>
> Red Hat 9.0
> Webmin 1.110
> Postfix 1.1.12
> testuser is a valid account.
> I can logon to SquirrelMail on this box with the testuser account.
> I can send e-mail out through postfix from a workstation on the network
> running Eudora.
> I have done all configuration (minimal) via Webmin up to this point.
>
> I am reading the Webmin documentation on setting up Postfix, but I'm not
> sure where to go from here.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by MLC's AVG.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004
>
>

Hello all,


<mlcooper54_NO_SPAM_@aol.com> wrote in message
news:bu7gmf$eokmd$1@ID-147466.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hello all,
>
> I want to be able to receive mail addressed to testuser@123.4.567.890. I
> have the basic default postfix configuration at the moment. I can send
mail
> out, but cannot receive.
>
> I am new to postfix (and Linux in general).
>
> I am in the process of setting up postfix to act as my Internet mail
server.
> At this point I do not have a domain name or an MX record. I do have a
> static IP address. Again, I am just learning this stuff. Once I get this
> working, I'll move my MX address from my current web hosting company to my
> own IP address.
>
>
> 123.4.567.890 is not the real IP address<g>
>
> Here's a transcript from a bounced e-mail to testuser:
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>
> (reason: 554 <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>: Recipient address rejected:
> Relay access denied)
>
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to [123.4.567.890]:
>
>
> >>> DATA
>
>
> <<< 554 <testuser@[123.4.567.890]>: Recipient address rejected: Relay
access
> denied
> 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
> <<< 554 Error: no valid recipients
>
> The particulars:
>
> Red Hat 9.0
> Webmin 1.110
> Postfix 1.1.12
> testuser is a valid account.
> I can logon to SquirrelMail on this box with the testuser account.
> I can send e-mail out through postfix from a workstation on the network
> running Eudora.
> I have done all configuration (minimal) via Webmin up to this point.
>
> I am reading the Webmin documentation on setting up Postfix, but I'm not
> sure where to go from here.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
>


I solved the problem.

Using Webmin's postfix configuration, in General Options, I put "What
domains to receive for = [123.4.567.890]

Works like a champ!

My thanks to those that offered on-topic help<g>.

Mark


--


Mark L. Cooper
Junction City, Ohio USA




---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by MLC's AVG.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.561 / Virus Database: 353 - Release Date: 1/13/2004