* Carlos Mennens <carlosw...@gmail.com>:
> I noticed that I am no longer able to send email via Postfix with
> STARTTLS enabled on my server. I have not changed anything on my
> Postfix server over the weekend. I only changed my Firewall appliance
> but everything appears to be in order. I don't understand why Postfix
> can't send emails any more via STARTTLS. I have attempted to 'Telnet'
> into my server and I don't see STARTTLS in EHLO command nor do
> Thunderbird / Evolution clients so I think it's an issue on Postfix's
> end.
> 
> car...@tiger:~$ telnet 192.168.0.200 25
> Trying 192.168.0.200...
> Connected to 192.168.0.200.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 ******************************
> EHLO carlos.iamghost.com
> 250-mail.iamghost.com
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-SIZE 10240000
> 250-VRFY
> 250-ETRN
> 250-XXXXXXXA
> 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
> 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN
> 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> 250-8BITMIME
> 250 DSN

Your firewall is filtering SMTP traffic, replacing the standard
Postfix banner with something of it's own. Is that a PIX? If yes, turn
off SMTP inspection.


Stefan

> I disabled TLS on my client end and was able to send a message
> perfectly but when TLS is enabled on the client end for SMTP, it fails
> and tells me:
> 
> "Sending mesage failed.
> Unable to connect to SMTP server 192.168.0.200 via STARTTLS since it
> doesn't offer STARTTLS in EHLO response. Please verify your settings
> and try again."
> 
> I am really clueless as to why this stopped working. I am running
> Postfix 2.7.0-1 and it has been perfect until now. No changes have
> been made that I can recall. The logs /var/log/mail.log show me
> nothing when I try to send a message. The logs only show my IMAP
> connection to the server. Nothing when I try and send.
> 
> Below is my output of Postconf -n:
> 
> alias_database = $alias_maps
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
> bounce_queue_lifetime = 1d
> broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
> command_directory = /usr/sbin
> config_directory = /etc/postfix
> daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix
> debug_peer_level = 2
> delay_warning_time = 4h
> home_mailbox = mail/
> html_directory = no
> inet_interfaces = all
> inet_protocols = ipv4
> mail_owner = postfix
> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
> manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
> mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, mail.$mydomain
> mydomain = iamghost.com
> myhostname = mail.iamghost.com
> mynetworks = $config_directory/mynetworks
> myorigin = $mydomain
> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> readme_directory = no
> recipient_delimiter = +
> relayhost =
> sample_directory = /etc/postfix/sample
> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
> setgid_group = postdrop
> smtp_helo_timeout = 60s
> smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:/var/lib/postfix/smtp_scache
> smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
> permit_sasl_authenticated,            permit_mynetworks,      
> reject_unauth_destination,      reject_non_fqdn_recipient,
>       reject_unknown_recipient_domain,        reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname,
>       reject_invalid_helo_hostname,   reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org,
>       reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net,       check_policy_service
> inet:127.0.0.1:10030
> smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
> smtpd_sasl_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
> smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
> smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
> smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,        
> permit_mynetworks
> smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/mail.crt
> smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/mail.key
> smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
> smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:/var/lib/postfix/smtpd_scache
> smtpd_use_tls = yes
> unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450's
> 
> I appreciate any and all assistance!
> 
> -Carlos

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