A Fix for Postfix
As I rails developer, I have had some trouble in the past while sending mail from my server to an email address that has the same domain.
If you are suffering from this problem, try checking to make sure that your hostname is not listed in postfix’s main.cf file.
$ cat /etc/postfix/main.cf
Will ouput something similar to:
...
myhostname = cache
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = myawesomesite.com, localhost.localdomain, localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
You see how ‘myawesomesite.com’ is listed in “mydestination”? Well, that’s the problem. Since I’m only sending mail and not receiving it, I need to get rid of the domain in “mydestination”. Otherwise postfix believes that the destination is local. The destination is going to a Google Apps address with the same domain name. I really hope this helps someone out.
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