On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:01:12 +0000, linux konqueror in progress wrote:

> i have static ip
> domain
> port forwarded on my router to my server
> http
> shttp
> ssl
> webmin
> vmware
> virtual server
> joomla
> wordpress
>
> have problem with recieving email.
> domain eccesible by domain xxxxx.com, A record xxxxx.com with my ip
> address
> mx record localmachine.xxxxx.com , A record localmachine.xxxxx.com
> with my domain ip address
> router forwards the port 25 to this localmachine that is the mail
> server.
>
>
> need help to configure it to send and recive mail from outside of my
> netrwork
> port 25 open and forwarded .
>
> what wioul be corect A record/mx record/router setup /ports/postfix
> configuration to get this working bouth ways?

Not sure I fully understand what your asking... Let me describe my
setup. ( mail.domain.com is made up in this example )

firewall box with real ip address and mail.domain.com name.

port 25 on my firewall box is IPTABLES port forwarded to a mail
server ( vmware guest ) with a private 192.x.x.x ip address. The
mail server ( postfix ) answers with the mail.domain.com name

So if you telnet to my mail.domain.com port 25 address / port,
to end up with

Connected to mail.domain.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.domain.com ESMTP Postfix
which is really 192.168.1.2 on my private network.

The MX record for my domain points to mail.domain.com

IPTables Masquerade takes card of the 192.168.1.2 mail server
sendming mail to the outside world. It appears as the IP Address
of my firewall.

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