Ashwin D rearranged electrons thusly:
> I am using postfix on my standalone dialup machine. I use vsnl and dishnet
> and change the smtp host according to where i connect using postconf -e
> relayhost=isp.iamconnectingto.com
OK so far.
> -------------------------
> Apr 8 20:14:05 localhost postfix/smtp[1111]: A1E361DFFE:
> to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> relay=mail.vsnl.net[203.197.12.5], delay=17, status=bounced (host
> mail.vsnl.net[203.197.12.5] said: 530 delivery not allowed to non-local
> recipient, try authenticating)
> ---------------------------
This is a "relaying denied" error, for some reason (what kind of smtp-auth
are they using? maybe they are allowing only [EMAIL PROTECTED] envelope senders
...)
> What is worse is i dont get the bounce notification. The above i found by
> grepping /var/log/mail/info.
> Any ideas/suggestions to
> a) Rectify this
> b) get bounce notification
Simplest thing is to use one of the regular vsnl smtp servers
(gias**.vsnl.net.in) - they run postfix and are sensibly configured.
-s
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
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