One silly question since i haven't get into Postfix yet. Does it work with google smtp,at all? It seems to support SSL.
Yajie On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Jason Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > You can also follow the steps I provided to allow mail to appear to come > from a different domain (so long as you can verify ownership). > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Douglas Pickett <[email protected]> > To: David Cook <[email protected]>; Henry Coleman < > [email protected]>; TAUG Technical <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 11:51:06 AM > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Postfix with Rogers > > David, Henry, > I tried the suggestions that David made for postfix, but I found I was > still > getting messages rejected by Rogers. With what David suggested, and a > little more digging, it is now working for me on my test system. > > Here's what worked for me (which only requires that you have a rogers.com > email account) on a Trixbox with Postfix 2.3. I'd already made the changes > on the Trixbox through it's usual interface to select Postfix as the MTA, > and enter the username/password stuff. > > As suggested by David, you'll need to create an entry into the > sasl_password > file like: > > smtp.broadband.rogers.com:25 [email protected]:XXXXXXXXXX > > It is my understanding that smtp.broadband.rogers.com should be valid > regardless of location (well, as long as you're using Rogers as your ISP). > I've also changed my email address and password, for obvious reasons. > > Most of my main.cf is the default, and consistent with David's example - > here's the customized bits at the end: > > relayhost = smtp.broadband.rogers.com:25 > ignore_mx_lookup_error = yes > smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes > smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_password > smtp_sasl_security_options = > smtp_use_tls = yes > smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic > > The key additions that I had to make over what David suggested are the > "ignore_mx_lookup_error = yes" and the "smtp_generic_maps = > hash:/etc/postfix/generic". > > The ignore_mx_lookup_error is needed because the MX record for Rogers is a > little screwy - I got a message "warning: malformed domain name in resource > data of MX record for smtp-rog.mail.yahoo.com:". This message also > occured > with the relayhost value that David suggested. This basically allows > Postfix to use the A record value, rather than the MX record that it > doesn't > like. > > This got me to the point where Rogers would accept the mail connection, but > would then reject the email because it didn't like the "From". The mail > was > being sent using the hostname of the box - in my case > "trixbox1.localdomain" - so something from root would end up as having a > sender of [email protected]. This doesn't resolve when the mail > servers at Rogers/Yahoo try to look it up, so it was rejected. > > That is where "smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic" come in - > this > was based upon suggestions from http://www.postfix.org/SOHO_README.html > > Adding that line to main.cf, and putting the following line in the generic > file: > > @trixbox1.localdomain [email protected] > > means that the "From" address now becomes my email account. After making > the change, the SOHO doc advises to execute the command "postmap > /etc/postfix/generic" > > When I send email as root, and look at the received message source, you'll > see: > > From: "root" <[email protected]> > > Depending on your email client, you'll see the sender as "root", but > Rogers > and Blackberry will see the "From" as something that exists. > > After you've made all those changes, to make sure that postfix is using > them, I like to do a "sh /etc/init.d/postfix stop" and then a "sh > /etc/init.d/postfix start". I'm never sure which options are read only at > startup time, and which are dynamic, so this is a safe move. > > For others to use this example, you'll need to put your information into > the > sasl_password file, and update the entry in the "generic" file to reflect > the name of your system (see what the "hostname" command returns on your > system). > > Regards, > Doug. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Cook" <[email protected]> > To: "'Henry Coleman'" <[email protected]>; "'TAUG Technical'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:03 PM > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Postfix with Rogers > > > > Ok, here is a postfix one..... > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > > > here is a copy of my main.cf. You'll have to replace the relayhost with > > > > the phub for your area, and add the allowed networks into the mynetworks > > > > field. > > > > > > > > You also have to add your info to /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd. > > > > > > > > Good luck! > > > > > > > > > > > > sasl_passwd: > > > > > > > > smtp.flfrd.phub.net.cable.rogers.com Rogers_Username:Rogers_Password > > > > > > > > > > > > main.cf: > > > > > > > > # see /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, fuller > > > > # version of this file. > > > > > > > > # Do not change these directory settings - they are critical to Postfix > > > > # operation. > > > > command_directory = /usr/sbin > > > > daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix > > > > program_directory = /usr/lib/postfix > > > > setgid_group = postdrop > > > > > > > > # appending .domain is the MUA's job. > > > > append_dot_mydomain = no > > > > > > > > smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) > > > > biff = no > > > > > > > > # Uncomment the next line to generate delayed mail warnings > > > > #delay_warning_time = 4h > > > > > > > > myhostname = erika > > > > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases > > > > alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases > > > > myorigin = /etc/mailname > > > > mydestination = erika.megatokyo.home, erika, localhost.localdomain, > > > > localhost > > > > relayhost = smtp.flfrd.phub.net.cable.rogers.com > > > > mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8,192.168.2.0/24 > > > > #mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" > > > > mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -Y -a $DOMAIN > > > > mailbox_size_limit = 0 > > > > recipient_delimiter = > > > > smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes > > > > smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous > > > > smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - dbc. > > > > > > > > From: Henry Coleman [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: February-03-10 8:32 PM > > To: TAUG Technical > > Subject: [on-asterisk] Postfix with Rogers > > > > > > > > Hi all, before I lose all my hair, can anybody help me get my email up > and > > running on an asterisk (Freepbx) system ? > > > > > > > > I removed Sendmail and replaced it with Postfix because it's easier to > > configure. > > > > (Email is a mystery to me). > > > > Rogers is blocking the SMTP port (25) so I can't directly SMTP using > their > > server. > > > > Do I need to use a relay and can I use my existing email account hosted > > with > > Google? > > > > The Asterisk box uses a Dynamic domain address (i.e.mydomain.dyndns.biz) > > > > > > > > All I need to do is send email with the attached vmail files why is it so > > difficult to configure? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Henry Coleman > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- Yajie
