[TriLUG] RR problems relaying mail

Jason Tower jason at cerient.net
Thu Aug 21 09:33:47 EDT 2003


make sure you have the transport_maps parameter set in your main.cf 
file.  i suspect it's not defined so the transport file isn't being 
used.

jason

On Thursday 21 August 2003 09:30, Chris Merrill wrote:
> Following advice provided earlier, I've setup my mail server
> to use RRs SMTP server to relay mail for certain domains that
> are rejecting mail from residential addresses.  My transport file
> looks like this:
>
> rr.com             smtp:[smtp-server.nc.rr.com]
> *.rr.com           smtp:[smtp-server.nc.rr.com]
> aol.com            smtp:[smtp-server.nc.rr.com]
> compuserve.com     smtp:[smtp-server.nc.rr.com]
> otherdomain.com     smtp:[smtp-server.nc.rr.com]
>
> My problem is this - I seem to be able to deliver mail to everyone
> _except_ rr.com mail addresses.
>
> Here's a mail-log entry from my test domain that worked correctly:
>    Aug 21 09:04:02 christophermerrill postfix/smtp[5451]: A03EC73D7F:
> to=<me at other domain.com>, relay=smtp-server.nc.rr.com[24.93.67.206],
> delay=1, status= sent (250 2.0.0 h7LCrC4P026590 Message accepted for
> delivery)
>
> Here's the entry from an RR address:
>    Aug 21 09:04:02 christophermerrill postfix/smtp[5452]: BC68C73D80:
> to=<me@ nc.rr.com>, relay=ncmx01.mgw.rr.com[24.25.4.95], delay=1,
> status=bounced (host n cmx01.mgw.rr.com[24.25.4.95] said: 550 5.7.1
> Mail Refused - rr.com_Residential_R ange - See
> http://security.rr.com/residential.htm)
>
> Why is the "relay" parameter different between the two messages?
> (smtp-server.nc.rr.com for the address that works vs.
> ncmx01.mgw.rr.com for the RR address that does not)
>
> Does this indicate that my transport file is not correct?
>
> TIA,
> Chris
>
> --
> *********************************
> Chris Merrill
> cmerrill at nc.rr.com
> *********************************




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