# Postfix SMTP Relay for RunCloud-Managed Servers

When a RunCloud-managed server (like wphost02) has stuck email in Postfix queue because port 25 is blocked, relay through `mail.germainebrown.com:2525` with SASL auth and sender-domain rewriting.

## Symptom
`mailq` shows 60+ messages deferred with `(connect to ...:25: Connection timed out)`. The server tries to send directly to destination MX servers but port 25 is blocked.

## Fix
```bash
# Configure relay
postconf -e "relayhost = mail.germainebrown.com:2525"
postconf -e "smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes"
postconf -e "smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd"
postconf -e "smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous"
postconf -e "smtp_tls_security_level = encrypt"
postconf -e "myorigin = /etc/mailname"

# Auth credentials (use shonuff's SMTP account)
echo "mail.germainebrown.com:2525 shonuff@germainebrown.com:Catches.bullets1985" > /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
chmod 600 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

# Sender rewriting — MXroute requires real sender domain, not wphost02.local
echo "apextrackexperience.com" > /etc/mailname
echo "@wphost02 contact@apextrackexperience.com" > /etc/postfix/generic
echo "root@wphost02 contact@apextrackexperience.com" >> /etc/postfix/generic
postmap /etc/postfix/generic
postconf -e "smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic"

systemctl restart postfix
postqueue -f   # flush the stuck queue
```

## Verification
`mailq` says "Mail queue is empty". Logs show `relay=mail.germainebrown.com[65.109.144.50]:2525` with `status=sent`.

## Note
Old queued messages will get bounce notices (they were deferred too long). New emails flow through the relay cleanly. MXroute rejects `550 Envelope sender domain must be a fully qualified name` if the sender is `runcloud@wphost02` — the `smtp_generic_maps` rewrite fixes this.

## Trigger Symptom Chain
1. WP Mail SMTP on wphost02 configured for c1113726.sgvps.net:2525 (works for WP)
2. PHP mail() falls back to Postfix, which does direct MX delivery on port 25
3. Port 25 blocked → emails in deferred queue forever
4. WPForms notifications and system emails pile up
