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Old 10-16-2010, 12:58 AM   #1
felixtheratruns
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Postfix with smarthost/relayhost on Ubuntu server 10.04

So I have been following this guide (I went through it twice actually):
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix

Since bellsouth blocks port 25 (except to their smarthost) I set up postfix with the option "internet site with smarthost" (not sure if that was exact wording). The final goal of this is to set up a couple mailing lists.

When I try to test it I get:

Code:
joel@themis:~$ telnet localhost 25
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 themis.ttd.doesntexist.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
And it says I should get
"250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH"
somewhere in there

here is /etc/postfix/main.cf
Code:
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version

# Debian specific:  Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name.  The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no

# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no

# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h

readme_directory = no

# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/smtpd.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache

# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.

myhostname = themis.ttd.doesntexist.com
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = themis.ttd.doesntexist.com, ttd.doesntexist.com, themis.launchmodem.com, localhost.launchmodem.com, localhost
relayhost = mail.bellsouth.net:25
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
mailbox_size_limit = 10737418240
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = all
home_mailbox = Maildir/
mailbox_command =
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination
smtp_tls_security_level = may
smtpd_tls_security_level = may
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
here is debugging:
Code:
joel@themis:~$ sudo bash -x /etc/init.d/postfix restart
+ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
+ DAEMON=/usr/sbin/postfix
+ NAME=Postfix
+ TZ=
+ unset TZ
+ SYNC_CHROOT=y
+ test -f /etc/default/postfix
+ test -x /usr/sbin/postfix
+ test -f /etc/postfix/main.cf
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions
++ FANCYTTY=
++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']'
++ . /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh
+ case "$1" in
+ /etc/init.d/postfix stop
 * Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix                         [ OK ] 
+ /etc/init.d/postfix start
 * Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix                         [ OK ] 
+ exit 0
Code:
joel@themis:~$ sudo bash -x /etc/init.d/saslauthd restart
+ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
+ DAEMON=/usr/sbin/saslauthd
++ find /etc/default -regex '/etc/default/saslauthd[_a-zA-Z0-9\-]*$' -print
++ sort
+ DEFAULT_FILES=/etc/default/saslauthd
+ '[' -x /usr/sbin/saslauthd ']'
+ . /lib/init/vars.sh
++ '[' -f /etc/default/rcS ']'
++ . /etc/default/rcS
+++ TMPTIME=0
+++ SULOGIN=no
+++ DELAYLOGIN=no
+++ UTC=yes
+++ VERBOSE=no
+++ FSCKFIX=no
++ '[' -r /proc/cmdline ']'
++ grep -qw noswap /proc/cmdline
++ NOSWAP=no
++ '[' '!' -e /proc/cmdline ']'
++ egrep -qw quiet /proc/cmdline
++ VERBOSE=no
++ '[' '' ']'
++ true
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions
++ FANCYTTY=
++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']'
++ . /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh
+ case "$1" in
+ do_stopall
+ for instance in '$DEFAULT_FILES'
+ stop_instance /etc/default/saslauthd
+ . /etc/default/saslauthd
++ START=yes
++ DESC='SASL Authentication Daemon'
++ NAME=saslauthd
++ PWDIR=/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd
++ PARAMS='-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd'
++ PIDFILE=/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid
++ MECHANISMS=pam
++ MECH_OPTIONS=
++ THREADS=5
++ OPTIONS='-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd'
+ '[' -z saslauthd ']'
++ echo '-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd'
++ xargs -n 1 echo
++ sed -n '/^-m$/{n;p}'
+ RUN_DIR=/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd
+ '[' -z /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd ']'
+ PIDFILE=/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid
+ log_daemon_msg 'Stopping SASL Authentication Daemon' saslauthd
+ '[' -z 'Stopping SASL Authentication Daemon' ']'
+ log_use_usplash
+ '[' n = y ']'
+ type usplash_write
+ log_use_fancy_output
+ TPUT=/usr/bin/tput
+ EXPR=/usr/bin/expr
+ '[' -t 1 ']'
+ '[' xxterm '!=' x ']'
+ '[' xxterm '!=' xdumb ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/expr ']'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 60
+ /usr/bin/tput setaf 1
+ '[' -z ']'
+ FANCYTTY=1
+ case "$FANCYTTY" in
+ true
+ /usr/bin/tput xenl
++ /usr/bin/tput cols
+ COLS=90
+ '[' 90 ']'
+ '[' 90 -gt 6 ']'
++ /usr/bin/expr 90 - 7
+ COL=83
+ printf ' * Stopping SASL Authentication Daemon saslauthd       '
 * Stopping SASL Authentication Daemon saslauthd       ++ /usr/bin/expr 90 - 1
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 89
                                                                                         + printf ' '
 + start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/saslauthd
+ '[' 0 -eq 2 ']'
+ '[' 0 -eq 1 ']'
+ rm -f /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid
+ log_end_msg 0
+ '[' -z 0 ']'
+ log_use_usplash
+ '[' n = y ']'
+ type usplash_write
+ '[' 83 ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ printf '\r'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 83
                                                                                   + '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+ echo '[ OK ]'
[ OK ]
+ return 0
+ return
+ do_startall
+ for instance in '$DEFAULT_FILES'
+ start_instance /etc/default/saslauthd
+ . /etc/default/saslauthd
++ START=yes
++ DESC='SASL Authentication Daemon'
++ NAME=saslauthd
++ PWDIR=/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd
++ PARAMS='-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd'
++ PIDFILE=/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid
++ MECHANISMS=pam
++ MECH_OPTIONS=
++ THREADS=5
++ OPTIONS='-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd'
+ '[' yes '!=' yes ']'
+ '[' -z saslauthd ']'
+ log_daemon_msg 'Starting SASL Authentication Daemon' saslauthd
+ '[' -z 'Starting SASL Authentication Daemon' ']'
+ log_use_usplash
+ '[' n = y ']'
+ type usplash_write
+ log_use_fancy_output
+ TPUT=/usr/bin/tput
+ EXPR=/usr/bin/expr
+ '[' -t 1 ']'
+ '[' xxterm '!=' x ']'
+ '[' xxterm '!=' xdumb ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/expr ']'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 60
+ /usr/bin/tput setaf 1
+ '[' -z 1 ']'
+ true
+ case "$FANCYTTY" in
+ true
+ /usr/bin/tput xenl
++ /usr/bin/tput cols
+ COLS=90
+ '[' 90 ']'
+ '[' 90 -gt 6 ']'
++ /usr/bin/expr 90 - 7
+ COL=83
+ printf ' * Starting SASL Authentication Daemon saslauthd       '
 * Starting SASL Authentication Daemon saslauthd       ++ /usr/bin/expr 90 - 1
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 89
                                                                                         + printf ' '
 ++ echo '-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd'
++ xargs -n 1 echo
++ sed -n '/^-m$/{n;p}'
+ RUN_DIR=/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd
+ '[' -z /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd ']'
+ PIDFILE=/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid
+ '[' -z pam ']'
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ '[' -n 5 ']'
+ THREAD_OPTIONS='-n 5'
+ DAEMON_ARGS='-a pam  -c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -n 5'
+ dpkg-statoverride --list /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd
++ dpkg-statoverride --list /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd
+ createdir root sasl 755 /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd
+ install -d --group=sasl --mode=755 --owner=root /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd
+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid --name saslauthd --exec /usr/sbin/saslauthd --test
+ '[' 0 '!=' 0 ']'
+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid --name saslauthd --exec /usr/sbin/saslauthd -- -a pam -c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -n 5
+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
+ log_end_msg 0
+ '[' -z 0 ']'
+ log_use_usplash
+ '[' n = y ']'
+ type usplash_write
+ '[' 83 ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ printf '\r'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 83
                                                                                   + '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+ echo '[ OK ]'
[ OK ]
+ return 0
+ return 0
+ :
I am very new to postfix and so apologies if there is something simple wrong, I really am not sure where to start looking. Thanks in advance.
 
Old 10-16-2010, 02:32 AM   #2
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Hi,

After the initial greeting "220 themis.ttd.doesntexist.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)" you should use:
Code:
ehlo somedomain.com
to see your mail server capabilities.

Regards
 
Old 10-16-2010, 08:17 AM   #3
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You will want to look for some smtp telnet procedures; the ehlo being the first step.

Here is a link to some suggestions.
 
Old 10-20-2010, 07:51 PM   #4
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Yes I am a moron, even though I went through all the steps of the tutorial twice, I missed the following instruction in the tutorial both times and so was under the impression that 250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH would appear right after I typed "telnet localhost 25". That is what all this confusion is about:

"After you have established the connection to your postfix mail server type

ehlo localhost"

Now that I type that it appears to have the correct response:

"joel@themis:~$ telnet localhost 25
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 themis.ttd.doesntexist.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
ehlo localhost
250-themis.ttd.doesntexist.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
"
Last edited by felixtheratruns; 10-20-2010 at 07:52 PM. Reason: typo
 
Old 11-26-2010, 07:03 PM   #5
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Don't have time to mess with this anymore, so unfortunately the real questions that I had will have to wait.
 
  


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