Re: Moving an existing Mail Relay from one VM to another.

Mark Sapiro <[email protected]>
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On 3/17/21 1:48 AM, Andrews, Vincent wrote:
> 
> We moved the IP Address from the existing VM to the new and changed
> /etc/hostname and rebooted.
...
> We then noticed that mail was being delayed by two key 365 domains. We
> left it like that for about 40 minutes and then reverted to the existing
> server. After which mail was processed correctly. The messages in
> /var/spool/mqueue were moved to the existing system and within 10
> minutes everything was cleared.
> 
>  
> 
> Has anyone had a similar experience?


There are always issues with new mail servers whose IP address has not
yet developed a reputation, but IIUC, from the remote's point of view,
the IP hasn't changed.


> Could it be that the new VM – having a different MAC address – was being
> flagged as an illegal mail relay?


And how would the remote SMTPD server determine the MAC of the sending
server? I don't think that's possible. I don't know why there would be
an issue if the IP didn't change. What is the content of the 4xx
responses from the remote?


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