On Apr 6, 2010, at 08:30, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 07:41:31 -0400, Daniel L'Hommedieu > <dlhommed...@gmail.com> articulated: > >> On Apr 5, 2010, at 23:51, Sahil Tandon wrote: >>> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010, Jeff Lacki wrote: >>>> I havent touched the config in a few weeks so nothing should >>>> have changed from when it worked. My server relays through >>>> my ISP. My domain DNS records are working fine and I checked >>>> for blacklisting and Im not blacklisted. The log file shows >>>> 250 sent. >>>> >>>> I tried commenting out the relay_host line so it would go >>>> directly to gmail and I got: >>>> >>>> Apr 5 22:33:01 myserver postfix/smtp[27160]: connect to >>>> alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[209.85.218.17]:25: Connection >>>> timed out Apr 5 22:33:31 myserver postfix/smtp[27160]: connect to >>>> alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.157.27]:25: Connection >>>> timed out Apr 5 22:33:31 myserver postfix/smtp[27160]: >>>> 2372872E0D7: to=<myem...@gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=660, >>>> delays=510/0.02/150/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to >>>> alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.157.27]:25: Connection >>>> timed out) >>>> >>>> It just keeps repeating this after the retry period (Im assuming). >>>> >>>> Anyone have any idea what to check next or why this >>>> might be happening? >>> >>> Something (likely a firewall) is prohibiting you from directly >>> connecting to the gmail.com MX; I am able to connect to it just fine >>> from here. If you typically send mail via a relayhost, continue >>> doing so, and ask the admins of said relayhost to help troubleshoot >>> your problem with delivery to gmail. This is not a Postfix issue. >> >> Jeff, >> >> It's just what Sahil said. Your ISP is blocking outbound SMTP, at >> least to gmail, so you will only be able relay through your ISP. > > Why not just use port 587? You will have to configure SASL, etc; > however, once done it should work just fine. That is how I do it.
Jerry, For me that wasn't a workable solution, since many of the recipients, of messages sent from my server, are on servers that use technology such as the zen spamhaus list, which blocks email sent from dynamic ranges. This ends up blocking my mail anyway, so I just relay. Daniel
