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From: Jeff Lacki on 10 Feb 2010 22:04

Im sorry if this is a basic question, but googling it
has me more confused. I need to relay my user(a)domain
(where Im located) to a remote server I own to email.

Im not located on my own domain name, Im on an AT&T
connection, but want to send to a domain I own
(which runs postfix).

I thought all I needed was to add:

transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport

in transport:

myusername(a)myISP.com smtp:[mail.optonline.net]:25
(optonline.net is my domains relayhost)

postmap transport
postfix reload

but in thunderbird when I try to email using
my email (myusername(a)myISP.com) I get:

---The mail server sent an incorrect greeting:
cannot connect to SMTP server --- error 10060

I see nothing in my /var/log/maillog file on the server

Im sure this is simple and Im missing something small
as usual.

Thanks

From: Sahil Tandon on 10 Feb 2010 23:11
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Jeff Lacki wrote:

> in transport:
>
> myusername(a)myISP.com smtp:[mail.optonline.net]:25

This means email sent through your Postfix server that is addressed to
myusername(a)myISP.com will be relayed to mail.optonline.net. Is that
your goal?

> but in thunderbird when I try to email using
> my email (myusername(a)myISP.com) I get:

This is confusing. What do you mean "try to email using my email"? Are
you SENDING email to myusername(a)myisp.com or trying to send AS (i.e.
setting your MAIL FROM) myusername(a)myisp.com?

> ---The mail server sent an incorrect greeting:
> cannot connect to SMTP server --- error 10060
>
> I see nothing in my /var/log/maillog file on the server

If you see nothing in your logs, then this is not a Postfix issue or you
are looking for logs on the wrong server. To test your configuration,
speak SMTP to Postfix via telnet. This removes variables like
Thunderbird that complicate debugging. Also see DEBUG_README for more
tips.

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Sahil Tandon <sahil(a)tandon.net>

From: Jeff Lacki on 10 Feb 2010 23:21
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Jeff Lacki wrote:

>> in transport:
>>
>> myusername(a)myISP.com smtp:[mail.optonline.net]:25

> This means email sent through your Postfix server that is addressed to
> myusername(a)myISP.com will be relayed to mail.optonline.net. Is that
> your goal?

Yes sorry for the confusion. I want to send email from
basically anywhere in the world through my postfix server.
Since my email address that I use is constant,
can I setup postfix to recognize that its me (from anywhere -
based on my email address) and relay it through
"mail.optonline.net" as in my example above?


The email address I use is not my servers domain name
however, but can postfix recognize my From field and
allow it to relay? If so, how do I do this?

Thanks

From: Sahil Tandon on 10 Feb 2010 23:28
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Jeff Lacki wrote:

> Yes sorry for the confusion. I want to send email from basically
> anywhere in the world through my postfix server. Since my email
> address that I use is constant, can I setup postfix to recognize that
> its me (from anywhere - based on my email address) and relay it
> through "mail.optonline.net" as in my example above?

http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#sender_dependent_relayhost_maps

> The email address I use is not my servers domain name however, but can
> postfix recognize my From field and allow it to relay? If so, how do
> I do this?

Yes, but allowing anyone with that MAIL FROM to relay through your
Postfix server is unwise since that "credential" is easily spoofed.
Only allow trusted networks and authenticated clients to relay through
your server. This is a good opportunity for you to review SASL_README.

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Sahil Tandon <sahil(a)tandon.net>

From: Jeff Lacki on 11 Feb 2010 00:47
>> The email address I use is not my servers domain name however, but can
>> postfix recognize my From field and allow it to relay? If so, how do
>> I do this?

> Yes, but allowing anyone with that MAIL FROM to relay through your
> Postfix server is unwise since that "credential" is easily spoofed.
> Only allow trusted networks and authenticated clients to relay through
> your server. This is a good opportunity for you to review SASL_README.

Thanks, thats good advice for sure. Turns out Im not
able to get to port 25 on my postfix box from my current
location.

Whats odd is that I went to 2 other servers on the net
and I can telnet to port 25, but here at home, I cannot.
I can telnet to port 22, 53, but not 25. I checked my iptables
on both machines and even disabled them (flushed all the
rules), no luck.

Anyplace where postfix would deny a specific ip from even
connecting? I cant imagine where that would be, especially
because my IP is dynamic here at home.

Thanks for all your feedback.

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