is your ftp daemon running ?

netstat -anp | grep :21

OH you tried to ftp to port 25 which is SMTP
ftp is port 21

ftp localhost 21
or just
ftp localhost

wow, i feel dumb.

I've been doing ftp localhost 25 and it is telnet localhost 25....
Lets not spread this around...

Ok now I'm getting this:

GNU nano 2.0.2 File: mail.log

May 23 19:49:01 localhost postfix/smtpd[14361]: E728643C1E: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
May 23 19:49:07 localhost postfix/cleanup[14365]: E728643C1E: message-id=<20070523234901.E728643C1E@localhost.localdomain>
May 23 19:49:07 localhost postfix/qmgr[14358]: E728643C1E: from=<nomb@nombyte.com>, size=352, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 23 19:49:09 localhost postfix/smtpd[14361]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
May 23 19:49:13 localhost postfix/smtp[14366]: warning: SASL authentication failure: No worthy mechs found
May 23 19:49:13 localhost postfix/smtp[14366]: E728643C1E: to=<nomb85@comcast.net>, relay=smtpout.secureserver.net[64.202.165.58]:25, delay=21, delays=16/0.$


Obviously there is something wrong with the password setup. I know what I put in was correct. What is No worth mechs found. Does that tell me anything?

Thanks,
nomb

the problem could be that the sasl modules are not installed. 'aptitude install libsasl2-modules' might solve that problem.

Yup that was the problem. I can now send email. Unfortunatly i have to use my smtp server for my email that comes from my cable company instead of my domain hoster...

Thank you for all your help.

nomb

Actually I have one more question. I can send mail through telnet fine. But when I try to send through php i get this:

y 23 22:11:35 localhost postfix/pickup[15118]: A137B43C25: uid=33 from=<www-data>
May 23 22:11:35 localhost postfix/cleanup[15174]: A137B43C25: message-id=<20070524021135.A137B43C25@localhost.localdomain>
May 23 22:11:35 localhost postfix/qmgr[15119]: A137B43C25: from=<www-data@localhost.localdomain>, size=341, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 23 22:11:36 localhost postfix/smtp[15176]: A137B43C25: to=<nomb85@comcast.net>, relay=smtp.comcast.net[204.127.192.17]:25, delay=0.69, delays=0.05/0.04/$
May 23 22:11:36 localhost postfix/cleanup[15174]: 62D2743C29: message-id=<20070524021136.62D2743C29@localhost.localdomain>
May 23 22:11:36 localhost postfix/qmgr[15119]: 62D2743C29: from=<>, size=2279, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 23 22:11:36 localhost postfix/bounce[15177]: A137B43C25: sender non-delivery notification: 62D2743C29
May 23 22:11:36 localhost postfix/qmgr[15119]: A137B43C25: removed
May 23 22:11:36 localhost postfix/local[15178]: 62D2743C29: to=<www-data@localhost.localdomain>, relay=local, delay=0.06, delays=0.01/0.02/0/0.03, dsn=2.0.0$
May 23 22:11:36 localhost postfix/qmgr[15119]: 62D2743C29: removed

Which I think you said was wrong. Did I miss a step?

you still haven't posted the output of postconf -n

Sorry, here is that out put.

localhost:~# postconf -n
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
config_directory = /etc/postfix
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = all
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
mydestination = localhost, localhost.localdomain
myhostname = localhost.localdomain
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost = smtp.comcast.net
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options =
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtpd_use_tls = yes
localhost:~#