Thanks Dave, I followed your advice and have postfix sending mail for me. This article helped a ton: http://www.howtoforge.com/postfix_relaying_through_another_mailserver
Any advice on setting up security to prevent an open relay on my server? Thanks, Scott On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Dave Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > In order to relay through a mail server, you either need to be sending > mail to someone on that server, or have authorization. > > There are thousands of posts on setting up Postfix for relaying. > > Basically, you need to "sign in" to the mail server you want to use using > some kind of authentication protocol. This will depend largely on the > configuration of the server. > > Since you are running PostFix, you can skip that step altogether and set > up Postfix to send mail out directly to the recipient. This would probably > be much easier in the long run. Just be sure to set up your own security > so that no one can use you as an open relay. > > Dave > > > > On 5/20/2012 8:40 AM, Scott Sjodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > If you recall (you probably don't) I was attempting to use msmtp to send > mail with my new RT 4.0.5 install. I have since abandoned those efforts and > am now attempting to use Postfix to do so. Fetchmail is working fine, and > I've followed the steps outlined in several install guides for setting up > postfix to send mail (I can post my main.cf file for reference if > requested). > > I am getting much further with Postfix already, but am still unable to > send mail. When I look in /var/log/syslog I see the following after > attempting to send a test message: > > May 20 06:35:08 Galactica postfix/smtp[14385]: C9F539019A: to=< > [email protected]>, relay=smtp.mailanyone.net[72.35.23.195]:25, > delay=0.53, delays=0.03/0.01/0.39/0.11, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host > smtp.mailanyone.net[72.35.23.195] said: 550 relay not permitted (in reply > to RCPT TO command)) > > Any ideas? I'm at a loss here. > > Thanks, > > Scott > > > > > > -- > Dave Burgess > Manager > Cynjut Consulting Services, LLC402-403-4434 (Phone, FAX, and Cell) > >
