Answer by BillThor for SMTP server cannot email outside LAN
MX records are only required for incoming mail. For outgoing email you need an A record for the external IP address (outgoing from the firewall/NAT), and should have a corresponding PTR record pointing...
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Do I have to setup an MX record for our domain in order to run an SMTP server--all this is for is just emailing out? No. MX resource records are for the rest of the world to find your SMTP Relay...
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Sounds like the remote side of the SMTP conversation is not even allowing a connection. To me that sounds like your firewall isn't allowing TCP/25 out of the network for the IP address of your new SMTP...
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There are a lot of variables in my question, so I'll try to be as concise as possible:Objective: To setup a local SMTP server for our other servers to connect to a local IP address to mail out. We're...
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