Thanks for the replies. I am trying to use cyrus to handle the pop3/imap requests.
> You don't say if you're sending mail from the local computer or not. If > you are, you'd need to use "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" as your outgoing mail > server (not the machine's name). If it's from another computer, you > probably need to add that computer's ip address or a range of ip addresses > to the relay allowed list by reconfiguring again. I am sending mail from the localhost using alpine. setting it to localhost fixed that error. but when I tail the mail.log file this is what I get Aug 14 08:34:15 linus postfix/smtp[13788]: C4B5598131: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=none, delay=214, delays=64/0.07/150/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[72.14.215.114]: Connection timed out) I still cannot "telnet mail 25" from another computer on network. But it works fine if I run it on the server. Any suggestions? Also, would I be better of using another piece of software instead of cyrus? Thanks for the help! Tom On 8/14/07, Gavin McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Jim Kronebusch wrote: > > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:01:16 -0400, Tom Misilo wrote > > > Okay I have found out that I cannot telnet port 25 on the server from > > > inside/outside of the network. Any ideas? > > It depends what error you get. If you get "connection refused" postfix is > probably either not running or not listening on that interface/port. If > you get "no route to host", you probably have a firewall of some sort in > the way. Telnetting to postfix on the local computer looks like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet localhost 25 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 boing.hamilton.local ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) > > Try it on the local machine first. > > > > On 8/13/07, Tom Misilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I followed all the directions here: > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/server/C/postfix.html > > > > > > > > However when I try and send an email using alpine I am gettng a relay > > > > access denied message when trying to send to my email address. Any > > > > ideas? Also what ports would I need to forward through the router to > > > > be able to send/receive mail from the outside world. As I would like > > > > to be able to use it while out with my laptop. > > "relay access denied message" suggests to me that postfix is refusing to > relay your email as you are not one of the trusted hosts which it will > relay for. At a guess, I'd say that might be down to you answering > "127.0.0.0/8" to the seventh question in the howto which I guess is who > should the server relay mail for. > > You don't say if you're sending mail from the local computer or not. If > you are, you'd need to use "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" as your outgoing mail > server (not the machine's name). If it's from another computer, you > probably need to add that computer's ip address or a range of ip addresses > to the relay allowed list by reconfiguring again. > > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL Jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tmisilo.ath.cx -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
