Postfix and Postfix.in

[Matt Krause]

Yep, that cleared things up for me.  Thanks!

So where should I be putting all my configuration options such as sasl and
tls?  Postfix.in/main.cf or postfix/main.cf?

Thanks a bunch!

-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Jason Balicki
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 6:24 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Postfix and Postfix.in

On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 18:37, Matt Krause wrote:
> I setup MailScanner according to the directions on the website and
> create /var/spool/postfix.in and /etc/postfix.in as well as
> /var/spool/postfix and /etc/postfix. Can someone tell me the
> difference between the two?  I assume that postfix.in is for all
> incoming mail and postfix is for all outgoing mail.  I seem to
> remember verifying this by using the always_bcc command in
> /etc/postfix.in/main.cf and recieving copies of all mail coming from an
outside source, but not any copies of outgoing mail.
> When I added it to /etc/postfix/main.cf I recieved copies of all
> outgoing mail, but no incoming mail.  So I am close?

This is incorrect.  Think of it this way:

postfix.in is the queue MailScanner reads from and postfix is the queue
MailScanner writes to.

This holds true for both inbound and outbound mail (assuming you use the
same box for both).

All mail inbound FROM THE SYSTEMS POINT OF VIEW is shoved to postfix.in
(this includes mail you're sending away from your domain and all mail sent
TO your domain) then MS picks it up from postfix.in, does its magic then
places it in postfix where the _program_ postfix picks it up and does its
MTAly bidness.

I hope that's clear.

--J(K)

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