So how do you dynamically specify getting a connection to be secured or not. If it's only Gmail, why van I telnet to their port and get their mail server?
Seems counterintuitive. On Aug 25, 2016 5:54 AM, "Mark Fletcher" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 at 18:16, John T. Haggerty <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have the following issue (seems to be common although my details seem >> to differ): >> >> 1. I recently registered a new domain as WWW.whatever.org or whatever. >> >> 2. Postfix gets installed. >> >> 3. "Internet site " is enabled fqdn added. >> >> 4. Email cannot be sent out to my Gmail address since it magically "times >> out" when contacting the servers (even though telnetting to mine and >> Gmail's works fine at port 25) >> >> 5. In theory thus should mean that they aren't blocking 25, and it should >> work. >> >> 6. In the core wiki for Postfix I have the MX record of my server updated >> from the registrar to mail.whatever.org (pita since it's dynamic and not >> static). >> >> 7. I want to avoid using gmail's smtp and comcast's servers since I'd >> love to host this on my own. >> >> How can this be accomplished in Debian (not Ubuntu, or something else)? >> (I get irritated at Ubuntu specific explanations {which usually don't work} >> getting all the search results) >> >> Any help would be appreciated as I spent ~3 days of work and wiping the >> entire OS in case I went wrong somewhere. >> > Gmail doesn't block port 25 but they do refuse all non-secured attempts to > connect. > > Mark >
