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* has no MX record, so the A/AAAA record is used, which routes to the space, which routes to mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org
 
* has no MX record, so the A/AAAA record is used, which routes to the space, which routes to mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org
* mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org has postfix and [https://lists.pumpingstationone.org/listinfo listserv]. There are a few mailing lists hosted there,
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* mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org has postfix and [https://lists.pumpingstationone.org/listinfo listserv]. There are a few mailing lists hosted there,
  
 
== Outgoing Email ==
 
== Outgoing Email ==
  
* Most services are configured to use mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org as the outgoing email server. Postfix on that box then routes through comcast's smtp relay, which helps us avoid the PBL.
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* Most services are configured to use mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org as the outgoing email server. Postfix on that box then routes through comcast's smtp relay, which helps us avoid the PBL.
 
* Having all the email route through this box also makes debugging things easier, journalctl can be used to view the mail logs.
 
* Having all the email route through this box also makes debugging things easier, journalctl can be used to view the mail logs.

Revision as of 06:00, 28 January 2015

The spaces email infrastructure:

Incoming Email

  • The MX records for pumpingstationone.org redirects to google apps.
  • Google apps routes some email into into various accounts.
  • By default, google apps forwards unmatched emails to [email protected]
  • [email protected] forwards to the postfix server on mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org
  • mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org runs a postfix instance

rt.pumpingstationone.org

  • has no MX record, so the A/AAAA record is used, which routes to the space, which routes to mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org

lists.pumpingstationone.org

  • has no MX record, so the A/AAAA record is used, which routes to the space, which routes to mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org
  • mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org has postfix and listserv. There are a few mailing lists hosted there,

Outgoing Email

  • Most services are configured to use mail.ad.pumpingstationone.org as the outgoing email server. Postfix on that box then routes through comcast's smtp relay, which helps us avoid the PBL.
  • Having all the email route through this box also makes debugging things easier, journalctl can be used to view the mail logs.