On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:44:29 +0200 Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:29:56 +0200 Johannes Skov Frandsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well I guess I should have expected it to rather simple to test. > > But I have never tried to configure a mailserver before > > hence my somewhat naive question. > > > > So what I did was to change my smtp server in thunderbird to use > > localhost (with my postfix server running) and the send a > > mail. This failed! Thunderbirds just claims that it could not > > connect to the server... > > > > I'm obvious doing something really simple completely wrong, but > > what? > > Start with telnet or even better netcat ("nc") and try connecting > directly, e.g. "nc localhost smtp" (replace "nc" by "telnet" if you > have that installed -- you might need to install one of the utilities, > in that case, chose netcat). > > The server should respond with > "220 <server's host name> ESMTP <product id>". > > If not, check > - whether "localhost" can be resolved (your /etc/hosts might be > borked) > - if there's a overly jealous firewall active, that doesn't allow this > traffic. > > You can then try talking to your mail server directly (simple SMTP is > fast to learn), e.g. enter > > ---snip > MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DATA > Subject: Test > > this is a test. > . > QUIT > ---snip > (server will send replies not printed here) > > Do the same coming from the outside, in order to make sure that those > attempts are blocked. Otherwise you'll create an open relay and you'll > be blocked very soon on several other hosts. > > If you're not sure what is wrong, that might warrant a look into > postfix' log files (below /var/log). > > -hwh That is so cool!!! Worked for me, I use postfix on home relayhost as well. Let me know if you have more problems, sounds like we have about the same config. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list