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setting up a seperate civicrm mail server
September 22, 2008, 08:12:06 pm
Just want to make sure I am not missing something. It seems to be working fine on the test end of it.
Server 1 is the email server
Server 2 is the webserver but it is running postfix as well.
So when Civicrm on Server 2 sends emails it connects to Server 2 (localhost) and sends from that one.
Even though Server one is the email server for that domain.
So any replies to this ie bounces and unsubscribes go to server 1

Server 1 has imapsoap running so it is checking the email box.

Again this tests fine but just want to make sure I am not missing anything important.
I used the civi alternative install

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Re: setting up a seperate civicrm mail server
September 23, 2008, 01:47:33 am
Quote from: alfred_nutile on September 22, 2008, 08:12:06 pm
Server 1 is the email server
Server 2 is the webserver but it is running postfix as well.
So when Civicrm on Server 2 sends emails it connects to Server 2 (localhost) and sends from that one.
Even though Server one is the email server for that domain.
So any replies to this ie bounces and unsubscribes go to server 1

By this you mean that Server 2 presents itself with a domain name that resolves to Server 1?

In general, your setup should work, but I’d consider routing the emails thorugh Server 1 both ways (just in case). The most important thing to check is whether Server 2’s reverse DNS matches the domain it presents itself with (when sending email); quite a few SMTP servers check reverse DNS entries when considering whether to accept mail (or drop as spam).
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Re: setting up a seperate civicrm mail server
September 23, 2008, 04:15:38 am
The reverse DNS and the SPF records do need work.
The ideal goal is that this client does a full opt-in email so they can clean their email list of non-opt ins.
Then it really would not matter to us, the provider, if they use our Server 1.
They say they will later but for now this was one way not to shut down their service.
This ends up being their IP that is seen as the sent IP.

Thanks Piotr
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