[lug] postfix localhost only

[karl horlen]

i'm thinking there might be something more than just that.  thanks for the info.

--- On Fri, 1/1/10, George Sexton <georges at mhsoftware.com> wrote:

> From: George Sexton <georges at mhsoftware.com>
> Subject: Re: [lug] postfix localhost only
> To: "'Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List'" <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 8:15 PM
> I would think you could just set 
> 
> inet_interfaces = 127.0.0.1
> 
> George Sexton
> MH Software, Inc.
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us
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> > bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]
> On Behalf Of karl horlen
> > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 6:16 PM
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: [lug] postfix localhost only
> > 
> > i searched the net hi and low.  not finding what
> i want.
> > 
> > i want to configure a postfix on a server to receive
> and deliver local
> > mail only from and to virtual accounts on the same
> box.  i don't want
> > it to relay mail destined for any domain outside the
> box.  and i don't
> > want it to accept incoming mail on any external
> interface or domain
> > outside the box.
> > 
> > i found out how to do the virtual accounts
> online.  i can't find
> > anything that directly addresses what i want to
> do.  i've found recipes
> > for a bunch of more complex scenarios.  based
> upon that research, it
> > looks like there are about 3-5 config lines that are
> probably required
> > to do this but i'm not sure i'm getting it right.
> > 
> > my rationale for doing this is that if i connect
> squirrelmail to this
> > postfix configuration, i can allow a close knit group
> of friends to
> > send private mail back and forth to eachother. 
> since the server
> > interfaces aren't opened up to send or receive mail, i
> don't have to
> > worry about spam and a bunch of related extra
> stuff.  sure it's limited
> > in functionality, but it fits the bill for what i want
> to do.
> > 
> > the general theory is that mail never leaves the
> server.  although this
> > isn't perfectly true, if squirrelmail is config'd for
> ssl, it will be
> > encrypted which satisfies the portion of the mail that
> travels over the
> > net.  otherwise, all mail communication lives on
> that single server.
> > 
> > thanks
> > 
> > 
> > 
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