Postfix, receive e-mail

chartism · 08-24-2006, 10:37 PM

Hi all

I have question about how to receive e-mail.

We are using Mac OS X Server, is running Postfix mail service. This e-mail server is only for receive e-mail. And we will not create domain name for this. Is it possible sent e-mail to this server from outside? Suppost the WAN IP of this server is 200.200.200.200 and user name is admin. Can i sent e-mail to admin@200.200.200.200 ? Does postfix success get it? I have tried before, but it displays "Illegal address syntax" error message.

Thanks
Philip

billymayday · 08-25-2006, 03:27 AM

I think you'll find that most mail clients won't allow you to enter an IP address, as you apparently have discovered.

I tried to send a couiple of messages from an email client, but postfix doesn't seem to want to accept mails to an IP, even if I put it into mydestinations. Perhaps ask on the postfix mailing list, but I suspect you are out of luck.

Rgds

Berhanie · 08-31-2006, 11:23 PM

The syntax is

Code:

user@[ip.add.re.ss]

The brackets are important. Whether your email client supports the syntax is another matter.