Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:07:33 -0500 Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 14:45 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: >> >>> testing if apache works is easy, you just go to http://localhost and >>> see >>> if something happens, >>> but how do I test if postfix actual sends my mail? >>> >> Well, you set up a web server to deliver web content. I'm assuming >> you're setting up a mail server to deliver mail. So the test is to >> see that it delivers mail. >> >> Not that I've ever used postfix, but testing a mail server should be >> pretty similar for any platform. >> >> 1. Create a mailbox (or use a remote one) >> 2. Using a MUA, for example, connect to mail server. >> 3. Send message to be delivered to mailbox >> 4. Verify message delivered to mailbox. >> > > Except that this is more the test case for /receiving/ mail :-) > But yes, looking at the mail server's configuration, this is most > likely the more interesting test case. Sending, after all, should just > work fine with almost any mail server... > > Since OP did set up with SASL, it might also be interesting whether > non-local originating mail is blocked for relay (test case: Send a mail > with the server's mail domain address -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- to > some other server out there from a computer not in the trusted address > range) and if that can be cured by proper authentication. But the OP > didn't mention setting up SASL by any means. It'll probably work using > PAM out-of-the-box. > > > -hwh > Hi
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? -- Regards / Venlig hilsen Johannes Skov Frandsen *Address:* Egelundsvej 18, DK-5260 Odense S *Web:* www.omesc.com | *Email:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
