On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Craig White <craig.wh...@ttiltd.com> wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2012, at 7:02 AM, Larry Martell wrote: > >> This should be an easy one. I'm trying to get postfix going. I've >> never done this before. I followed the directions at >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix. I opened port 25: >> >> iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT >> >> Here's an attempt to send mail: >> >> [motor@localhost motor]# mail -v larry.mart...@gmail.com >> Subject: test >> test >> . >> EOT >> larry.mart...@gmail.com... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay... >> 220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Postfix >>>>> EHLO localhost.localdomain >> 250-localhost.localdomain >> 250-PIPELINING >> 250-SIZE 10240000 >> 250-VRFY >> 250-ETRN >> 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES >> 250-8BITMIME >> 250 DSN >>>>> MAIL From:<motor@localhost.localdomain> SIZE=219 >> 250 2.1.0 Ok >>>>> RCPT To:<larry.mart...@gmail.com> >>>>> DATA >> 250 2.1.5 Ok >> 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF> >>>>> . >> 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as D26C8830F >> larry.mart...@gmail.com... Sent (Ok: queued as D26C8830F) >> Closing connection to [127.0.0.1] >>>>> QUIT >> 221 2.0.0 Bye >> >> But I don't receive the mail. In a file in /var/spool/postfix/defer I see: >> >> <larry.mart...@gmail.com>: connect to >> alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[2607:f8b0:400d:c00::1a]:25: Network is >> unreachable >> recipient=larry.mart...@gmail.com >> offset=654 >> dsn_orig_rcpt=rfc822;larry.mart...@gmail.com >> status=4.4.1 >> action=delayed >> reason=connect to >> alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[2607:f8b0:400d:c00::1a]:25: Network is >> unreachable >> >> Have I missed a step or done something wrong? > > ---- > most home broadband providers block outbound port 25 from reaching any smtp > servers other than the ones that they provide and typically require > authentication in order to stop spam.
This is not a home machine. It's my client's machine on a corporate network. > > Craig > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
