nuc: note why its mail path differs from ks2/ks4 (source address, not config)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Julien Lutran
2026-08-28 17:44:03 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
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@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ zed → mail (bsd-mailx) → /usr/sbin/sendmail = msmtp → mail.lutran.fr:587 (
`zed.rc.orig`. **No credentials in this file** — they live only in
`/etc/msmtprc`.
**Why nuc differs from ks2/ks4** (which mail via s-nail straight to
port 25, and work fine): it is not the zed config, it is the source
address. ks4 *is* the mail server's host (internal client,
`mynetworks`); ks2 is a datacenter IP with a PTR. nuc sends from a
**dynamic home IP with no PTR and no SPF alignment**, so the inbound
MX path treats it like any stranger. Hence submission + auth here,
deliberately different from the other two hosts.
Two dead ends worth remembering:
- **Port 25 is the wrong port for alerts.** Authentication succeeds,