Package: postfix
If somebody selects "Satellite" config, is this basically intended to
setup like a null client?
http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html#null_client
or should null client be offered as an additional menu option?
I notice some differences between Satellite and what is suggested for a null client:
a) Satellite sets
my_destination=$HOSTNAME, $HOSTNAME.localhost, ...
whereas I expected nothing in that field, e.g.
my_destination=
b) for any option, postinst is creating an aliases file, a null client
shouldn't really need an aliases file and it could probably leave the
alias_maps and alias_database blank
c) for any option, postinst is adding an alias for root to the aliases
file - for a null client, that shouldn't be required either
Acknowledgement sent
to Daniel Pocock <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to LaMont Jones <[email protected]>.
(Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:39:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
The Debian package of Postfix offers a "Satellite system" configuration
(a list of all the Debian configs at the bottom of this email)
I'm not sure if this is meant to emulate the null client configuration
or be something else
Anyway, I opened an issue for it in the Debian bug tracker
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=738835
One particular thing I notice about all the configurations offered in Debian is that they all set mydestination using the hostname, e.g.
mydestination = host1.example.org, localhost.example.org, host1, localhost
instead of leaving mydestination blank.
Is there any compelling reason to have these entries in mydestination?
Are there other common applications (either in Debian or elsewhere) that are explicitly sending mail to root@$HOSTNAME or root@localhost rather than just the unqualified recipient name root for example?
No configuration:
Should be chosen to leave the current configuration unchanged.
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