Unable to relay via postfix ... but telnet works...?

2012-02-17 Thread A. Abd-Allah
Hello, At work, we've set up a small Linux server with postfix on it, and configured postfix to use an external SMTP mail server. The related settings in main.cf: myhostname = scm1.ourdomain.commydestination = scm1.ourdomain.com, localhostrelayhost = [externalmailer.ourdomain.com] The

RE: Unable to relay via postfix ... but telnet works...?

2012-02-17 Thread A. Abd-Allah
and then seeing the effect. Thank you again. Subject: Re: Unable to relay via postfix ... but telnet works...? To: postfix-users@postfix.org Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:52:41 -0500 From: wie...@porcupine.org A. Abd-Allah: Final-Recipient: rfc822;bob@gmail.comAction: failedStatus

RE: Unable to relay via postfix ... but telnet works...?

2012-02-17 Thread A. Abd-Allah
Dr. Wietse, Thank you again for your time. I have been an off-and-on-again user of Postfix for many years, and it is a real honor (and surprise!) to get support directly from its originator. The hop-count limit is reached in the REMOTE mail server. I suspected as much, but I wasn't sure.