On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Michael Jean wrote:

> I have a problem with postfix. It is installed on a host in my small
> home lan behind a router. My ISP is rogers. I have 3 external email
> addresses I am testing to/from, one of them being [email protected], the
> others [email protected] and [email protected]. My local domain is
> mydomain.ca so I am trying to send from m...@mydomain.
> 
> I can receive mail for [email protected] from each of these accounts no
> problem but I can only send mail successfully from this account to
> [email protected].
>
> mail.log:
> Oct 14 23:31:16 mymailhost postfix/smtp[9166]: 5F01426400:
> to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=60, delays=0.04/0.02/60/0,
> dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to
> filter.somewhere.ca[ipaddress]:25: Connection timed out)
>
> Oct 14 23:31:51 mymailhost postfix/smtp[9188]: 7EFCE26403:
> to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=60, delays=0.03/0.01/60/0,
> dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to
> mail.somewhereelse.ca[ipaddress]:25: Connection timed out)

Your ISP blocks outbound traffic on port 25 when it is not destined for
rogers SMTP servers.
 
> Oct 14 23:31:36 mymailhost postfix/smtp[9178]: 164E126402:
> to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.rog.mail.yahoo.com[206.190.37.7]:25,
> delay=60, delays=0.03/0.01/60/0.14, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 ok
> dirdel)

A rogers server, and thus allowed by your ISP.

> I attempted to use relayhost=[smtp.broadband.rogers.com] in main.cf
> 
> with sasl_passwd:
> [smtp.broadband.rogers.com] me:myrogerspassword
> 
> then postmap sasl_passwd and reload and send new test messages but then
> mail no longer is delivered to [email protected] (or the others).

This is an insufficient problem description.  Show logs related to the
problem along with the output of 'postconf -n' that proves you set
relayhost.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <[email protected]>

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