i have recently shifted to a different place. I had a functioning postfix setup on my laptop but it is not working in this new place.
I use gmail's smtp server to send e-mail. Please note the following. 1. Internet works fine. 2. Evolution can send e-mail using the same smtp server account 3. I cannot ping any address on the internet. When I send the mail, it just stays in the queue. The results of mailq, tail /var/log/mail.log, and postconf -n are pasting below for reference. I shall be grateful if someone could help sort this out. Vikas **************** > mailq -Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient------- 0B24711B785 506 Fri Jan 9 04:43:29 vi...@panahar (connect to smtp.gmail.com[66.249.93.111]:587: Connection timed out) villagestud...@yahoo.com -- 0 Kbytes in 1 Request. **************** > tail /var/log/mail.log Jan 9 04:44:25 panahar postfix/tlsmgr[5397]: warning: redirecting the request to postfix-owned data_directory /var/lib/postfix Jan 9 04:44:25 panahar postfix/tlsmgr[5397]: warning: request to update table btree:/var/run/smtp_tls_session_cache in non-postfix directory /var/run Jan 9 04:44:25 panahar postfix/tlsmgr[5397]: warning: redirecting the request to postfix-owned data_directory /var/lib/postfix Jan 9 04:44:55 panahar postfix/smtp[5396]: connect to smtp.gmail.com[66.249.93.109]:587: Connection timed out Jan 9 04:45:25 panahar postfix/smtp[5396]: connect to smtp.gmail.com[66.249.93.111]:587: Connection timed out Jan 9 04:45:25 panahar postfix/smtp[5396]: 0B24711B785: to=<villagestud...@yahoo.com>, relay=none, delay=116, delays=56/0.06/60/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to smtp.gmail.com[66.249.93.111]:587: Connection timed out) Jan 9 04:54:25 panahar postfix/qmgr[5394]: 0B24711B785: from=<vi...@panahar>, size=506, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jan 9 04:54:55 panahar postfix/smtp[5630]: connect to smtp.gmail.com[66.249.93.109]:587: Connection timed out Jan 9 04:55:25 panahar postfix/smtp[5630]: connect to smtp.gmail.com[66.249.93.111]:587: Connection timed out Jan 9 04:55:25 panahar postfix/smtp[5630]: 0B24711B785: to=<villagestud...@yahoo.com>, relay=none, delay=716, delays=655/0.03/60/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to smtp.gmail.com[66.249.93.111]:587: Connection timed out) **************************** > postconf -n append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix disable_dns_lookups = yes inet_protocols = all mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = shireen, localhost.localdomain, localhost, shireen.jnu.ac.in myhostname = shireen.jnu.ac.in mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin = /etc/mailname recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = [smtp.gmail.com] smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtp_sasl_tls_security_options = noanonymous smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/cacert.pem smtp_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/FOO-cert.pem smtp_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/FOO-key.pem smtp_tls_loglevel = 1 smtp_tls_per_site = hash:/etc/postfix/tls_per_site smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:/var/run/smtp_tls_session_cache smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = no smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/FOO-cert.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/FOO-key.pem smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:/var/run/smtpd_tls_session_cache smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport