Postfix not relaying mail from computers in my network

Daniel Gimpelevich daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us
Mon Apr 18 01:31:20 MDT 2005


In my MacOS X, lo0 is 255.0.0.0, while en0 is 255.255.0.0, so either you
changed it there too, or you're not reading it right. Only suggestion I
can make is to omit the loopback interface from the Postfix configuration
entirely, and use eth0 for everything (i.e. not 127.x.x.x).

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:24:03 -0400, xlargebear wrote:

> So what should I do to make Postfix send email? It only worked with the 
> eth0 and lo netmask set to 255.255.255.0
> In MacOS X both interfaces are set to 255.255.255.0
> Come on, help me here.
> Thanks
> 
> On Apr 17, 2005, at 10:40 PM, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote:
> 
>> Having the loopback (lo) have a netmask other than 255.0.0.0 is 
>> certain to
>> break other stuff.
>>
>> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:52:14 -0400, xlargebear wrote:
>>
>>> I found the solution.
>>> My eth0 interface had the subnet mask set to 255.255.255.0 whereas the
>>> local host (lo) had it set to 255.0.0.0
>>> After ifconfig lo netmask 255.255.255.0 it worked as expected.
>>> F
>>> On Apr 16, 2005, at 7:59 PM, xlargebear at bellsouth.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> [quoted text muted]
>>>
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