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Basic setup:
Domain (icynemo.us) points to shared hosting that I've had for years.
Subdomain (v.icynemo.us) is an A Record pointing to the IP of my VPS host.
I've installed and configured Postfix to the point that I can send and receive mail using Webmin on my VPS. However, I can't get it to work in an external app - ie Thunderbird. I use v.icynemo.us for the POP/IMAP and SMTP. Thunderbird does it's thing, then POP/IMAP shows up as properly configured, but SMTP never has. However, even when Thunderbird says POP/IMAP is configured right, I haven't been able to receive email. That doesn't really matter, though, because basically all I need is to be able to *send* mail.
My sister has a mailing list and shared hosting throttles email to the point that it is a pain. I don't care if I use Postfix or anything else. I'm thinking the A Record and/or MX entries (do I even have any?) is what's throwing me off but I don't know what to do about it. BIND DNS is a mystery to me.
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I'm going to keep trying things, but if you can offer some pointers, I'd appreciate it. Might save me some time.
Domain (icynemo.us) points to shared hosting that I've had for years.
Subdomain (v.icynemo.us) is an A Record pointing to the IP of my VPS host.
I've installed and configured Postfix to the point that I can send and receive mail using Webmin on my VPS. However, I can't get it to work in an external app - ie Thunderbird. I use v.icynemo.us for the POP/IMAP and SMTP. Thunderbird does it's thing, then POP/IMAP shows up as properly configured, but SMTP never has. However, even when Thunderbird says POP/IMAP is configured right, I haven't been able to receive email. That doesn't really matter, though, because basically all I need is to be able to *send* mail.
My sister has a mailing list and shared hosting throttles email to the point that it is a pain. I don't care if I use Postfix or anything else. I'm thinking the A Record and/or MX entries (do I even have any?) is what's throwing me off but I don't know what to do about it. BIND DNS is a mystery to me.
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I'm going to keep trying things, but if you can offer some pointers, I'd appreciate it. Might save me some time.
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