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Aurelin
Asked: 2013-10-04 08:36:17 +0800 CST

Sending e-mail to server with external MX

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Is it possible to send an e-mail to a server when the MX for the domain is not on this server? I have the following set up:

  • Server A with domain domain.com configured
  • GMail as the Mail Exchanger

I want to set up an e-mail address to which I can send e-mails whose content will then be stored in a database. As far as I know, for that I would need to set up a postfix filter that runs a script when receiving an e-mail from said address. But for that, the server first needs to get the e-mail, which it currently doesn't.

Is there any way to forward the e-mail from the external MX to the actual server, or to completely bypass the external MX for a list of addresses?

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  1. Best Answer

    I got this working by setting up a subdomain for domain.com that has its own DNS zone. So the set up is now as follows:

    • Server A with domain domain.com and subdomain services.domain.com configured
    • GMail as MX for domain.com
    • Server A as MX for services.domain.com
    • E-Mail Address [email protected]

    This seems to run fine now, but I am not sure if that is the best solution.

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