Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-06 Thread Mikkel
On 03/05/2010 09:21 AM, Craig White wrote: > > I didn't realize that Postfix uses SASL nomenclature to define outbound > smtp authentication which really isn't using SASL at all but rather is > just using SSL and/or TLS for the provided user/password and whatever > internal technology Gmail uses i

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-05 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 07:34 -0600, Mikkel wrote: > On 03/04/2010 09:25 PM, Craig White wrote: > > I was just generally referring to the issue of smarthost = gmail which > > has nothing to do with SASL as far as I could imagine. For that matter, > > smarthost setup really has nothing to do with SAS

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-05 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 18:12 +1030, Tim wrote: > Craig White: > > > I actually have a long set of postfix rules which determine which mail > > gets through - far more than 'simply forward and reverse checking' and > > I'm surprised that you would think I would do less. > > Might have something to

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-05 Thread Mikkel
On 03/04/2010 09:25 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 20:04 -0600, Mikkel wrote: >> If you think of it that narrowly, then you are correct. But if you >> take it as an example on how to set up using a smart host with sasl, >> then you have a wider audience. >> >> For that matter, you g

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Tim
Craig White: > I actually have a long set of postfix rules which determine which mail > gets through - far more than 'simply forward and reverse checking' and > I'm surprised that you would think I would do less. Might have something to do with you saying this: "At this stage, I simply will not

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 23:42 -0500, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 10-03-04 23:10:45, Tim wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 13:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > At this stage, I simply will not accept mail from any smtp server > > > whose forward & reverse DNS don't match. So if you are sending me > > > e-

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 14:40 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 13:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > At this stage, I simply will not accept mail from any smtp server > > whose forward & reverse DNS don't match. So if you are sending me > > e-mails from server mail.example.com you better have

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Tony Nelson
On 10-03-04 23:10:45, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 13:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > At this stage, I simply will not accept mail from any smtp server > > whose forward & reverse DNS don't match. So if you are sending me > > e-mails from server mail.example.com you better have a reverse DNS

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 13:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > At this stage, I simply will not accept mail from any smtp server > whose forward & reverse DNS don't match. So if you are sending me > e-mails from server mail.example.com you better have a reverse DNS > address that tells me that your ip add

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 20:04 -0600, Mikkel wrote: > On 03/04/2010 06:27 PM, Craig White wrote: > > I would submit that only a very tiny amount of people would actually do > > what you are trying to do (use gmail as a smarthost). > > > > Yes, it would be worth it if you leave a trail behind in case

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Mikkel
On 03/04/2010 06:27 PM, Craig White wrote: > I would submit that only a very tiny amount of people would actually do > what you are trying to do (use gmail as a smarthost). > > Yes, it would be worth it if you leave a trail behind in case anyone > else wants to do that. > If you think of it that

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Mikkel
On 03/04/2010 06:33 PM, bruce wrote: > hey... > > one more question. > > the tests i've done work, but the sender/from name on the email is the > system name of the account that's doing the sending. > > is there a param in the main.cf file that can be set to force the > sender/from name to a giv

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 16:33 -0800, bruce wrote: > hey... > > one more question. > > the tests i've done work, but the sender/from name on the email is the > system name of the account that's doing the sending. > > is there a param in the main.cf file that can be set to force the > sender/from na

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread bruce
hey... one more question. the tests i've done work, but the sender/from name on the email is the system name of the account that's doing the sending. is there a param in the main.cf file that can be set to force the sender/from name to a given name? thanks On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Crai

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 16:00 -0800, bruce wrote: > craig... > > you misunderstand... > > if you were using postfix to relay through gmail's auth port (as i'm > looking to do) then the conf files would be extremely relevant! > > we'd be attempting to do the same thing... > > however, i finally go

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread bruce
craig... you misunderstand... if you were using postfix to relay through gmail's auth port (as i'm looking to do) then the conf files would be extremely relevant! we'd be attempting to do the same thing... however, i finally got it to work!! and i thank you for your emails on this! i'll do a

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 15:38 -0800, bruce wrote: > hey craig... > > not so fast!! > > i've seen some of those links.. and tried what they've stated. don't work!!! > > i've seen a few sites that imply that you need to set the cert(s) in > order to get the process to work correctly.. > > which is

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread bruce
hey craig... not so fast!! i've seen some of those links.. and tried what they've stated. don't work!!! i've seen a few sites that imply that you need to set the cert(s) in order to get the process to work correctly.. which is why i wanted to see the conf files of an actual centos user, who''s

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 14:05 -0800, bruce wrote: > Hi Craig... > > I'm getting an err in my maillog file > Mar 4 13:42:17 lserver6 postfix/master[12985]: daemon started -- > version 2.3.3, configuration /etc/postfix > Mar 4 13:42:17 lserver6 postfix/qmgr[12988]: C01AF2D: > from=, size=550, nr

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread bruce
Hi Craig... I'm getting an err in my maillog file Mar 4 13:42:17 lserver6 postfix/master[12985]: daemon started -- version 2.3.3, configuration /etc/postfix Mar 4 13:42:17 lserver6 postfix/qmgr[12988]: C01AF2D: from=, size=550, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 4 13:42:18 lserver6 postfix/smtp[129

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 13:01 -0800, bruce wrote: > hey craig. > > Thanks for the reply. I've been knee deep in docs since last night.. > as well as testing some of what I've read. I've been looking at > various sites, as well as the postfix.org site. > > At this point, I was looking to see where I

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread bruce
hey craig. Thanks for the reply. I've been knee deep in docs since last night.. as well as testing some of what I've read. I've been looking at various sites, as well as the postfix.org site. At this point, I was looking to see where I'm screwing up, by taking a look at the conf files of someone

Re: postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 11:49 -0800, bruce wrote: > hey > > I know this isn't an OS question, but I'm lost!! > > New to configuring Postfix, with a few questions about how to configure > Postfix. > > I'm running Fedora, with Postfix, from the basic yum install. The > Sendmail process has been sto

postfix issue...

2010-03-04 Thread bruce
hey I know this isn't an OS question, but I'm lost!! New to configuring Postfix, with a few questions about how to configure Postfix. I'm running Fedora, with Postfix, from the basic yum install. The Sendmail process has been stopped. I can easily send a basic test mail from the cmdline. Ie: