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

[David McGlone]

On Monday 16 March 2009 10:53:26 am Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> David McGlone wrote:
> > On Sunday 15 March 2009 10:22:22 pm Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> >>> 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.
>
> Be careful here.  SMTP over SSL is *not* the same as SMTP with
> authentication.

Hmmm. That piqued my interest. I also have this feeling I have done something 
I shouldn't by using port 587?

Blessings,
David M.
http://www.dmcentral.net