Question
Temporary Lookup Failure - Postfix & Dovecot
- Posted on March 20, 2015
- EmailDigitalOceanDNSUbuntu
Asked by EbearV1
Hey all!
I’m trying to setup a Mail Server on a Droplet. I’ve got everything working as far as connecting to Outlook goes, but when I try to send a message, I get this.
Here’s some files of potential interest to help fixing the issue.
If you need anything else, please let me know.
Thanks in advance for the help!
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I had this same problem few moment ago and i solved it
just remove a line
transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
No. Can your server resolve the domain you were sending to, and has it valid mx records?
Ok.
Can you do nslookup from your droplet? Do things resolve?
This is part of my main.cf:
smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination myhostname = DOMAIN.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = mail.DOMAIN.com 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 = all inet_protocols = all
smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_unknown_hostname, permit