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Need help with Postfix / MX record setup: Email forwarding not working
I’m trying to setup my server so that emails get forwarded to users personal email accounts. I don’t want to have to manage email on the server. I setup my Ubuntu server with serverpilot and cloudflare and it is running Wordpress just fine right now, but just the emails are not coming through. Here is my setup:
- MX records at CloudFlare
MX savageminds.org mail handled by savageminds.org 1 Automatic
- my postfix config file:
/etc/postfix/main.cf (See below)
- my /etc/aliases file with mappings, like this one:
info: [my username]@gmail.com
Am I missing something, or did I configure something wrong? Thanks for your help!
/etc/postfix/main.cf
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version
# Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no
# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no
# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h
readme_directory = no
# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.
smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination
myhostname = savageminds.org
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = loopback-only
inet_protocols = all
local_transport = error:local delivery is disabled
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I discovered that to do it the way I was trying would have required poking a hole in the firewall set up by ServerPilot, they recommend to instead point your MX records at an external email provider. The ones they list all charge a fee, but if you just want forwarding and don’t have too big a demand, you can get a free account at Mailgun. Here is a post on how to set up Mailgun with Digital Ocean. This worked for me.
http://dangeroustestlab.net/configuring-mailgun-dns-on-digital-ocean/
I discovered that to do it the way I was trying would have required poking a hole in the firewall set up by ServerPilot, they recommend to instead point your MX records at an external email provider. The ones they list all charge a fee, but if you just want forwarding and don’t have too big a demand, you can get a free account at Mailgun. Here is a post on how to set up Mailgun with Digital Ocean. This worked for me.
http://dangeroustestlab.net/configuring-mailgun-dns-on-digital-ocean/
Sorry I can’t help you with your config but this tool has provided me with good insights when I was looking for mistakes in my own config: http://mxtoolbox.com
A quick test shows that your hostname is dc-06955548.savageminds.org Don’t know if that’s relevant for your postfix config since I never used cloudflare or any other CDN before but it might be worth a shot.