On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:09:07 -0500 sean darcy <seandar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a voip server that receives faxes in a tif file. I use > fax2email to convert the tif to a pdf and send it as an attachment > over postfix. My isp blocks port 22, so I've setup a gmail account to > use as a relay. That generally works. > > But, every once in a while, authentication fails. When I try to log > in over the web, gmail requires not just userword and password, but > also a CAPTCHA. That's obviously why postfix authentication won't > work. > > I've unlocked the CAPTCHA, so the gmail account works now. > > Anybody know why the gmail account required the CAPTCHA? How can I > keep it from happening again? The account is only used by postfix for > this purpose. Is there some postfix magic I'm missing? No; Use your ISP's mail relay - that's what it's for. -- John
