[CS-FSLUG] using postfix or sendmail to send mail (SOLVED)

[Jonathan E. Brickman]

I'm glad it's working for you.  SSL auth to smarthost in Postfix is 
certainly possible, but not exactly simple:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/604

J.E.B.

>>> I switched to port 587 and all worked. Thanks for the lead. When I seen
>>> that you specified a port, I tried 465 and that didn't work. So I tried
>>> 587 and viola mail sent and returned.
>>>       
>> FYI:
>>
>> Port 587 is used usually as an alternate to port 25 for sending mail
>> when port 25 might be blocked.
>>
>> Port 465 is the standard port for SMTPS (SMTP over SSL).  If you had a
>> working SSL connection for your SMTP, your test of port 465 might have
>> worked, too.
>>     
>
> I had this nagging voice in me telling me the same thing, but for the life of 
> me I couldn't find anywhere in postfix, a place to add a username and 
> password.
>
> Blessings,
> David M.
> http://www.dmcentral.net
>
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