Re: Smtp auth

[andreimpopescu@gmail.com (Andrei Popescu)]

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 06:07:37PM -0600, Rodney Richison wrote:
> Am trying to get my postfix to send via relayhost
> 
> Here's what I get from hughes.net site
> ***********************
> When configuring your SMTP server information, enable SMTP
> authentication then enter your email account (username@hughes.net) and
> your password. Passwords are case sensitive. View your email client help
> file for more information.
> 
>     * Note: SMTP authentication is not the same as SSL. Do not enable
> SAP or SSL in your configuration. 
> ***********************
> 
> Everything I can find on postfix is for using sasl. This, from hughes
> would indication NOT to use sasl. Do you guys know how I may set postfix
> to use my isp for outgoing?

For the unstable version of postfix put this in /etc/postfix/main.cf

smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options =
smtp_sasl_type = cyrus

Create the file /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd containing:

[relay.host.com] username@hughes.net:yourpassword

and then run 'postmap sasl_passwd'. Restart postfix and you should be
good to go. You might also need to set up address rewriting if your
mail client is not set up correctly.

HTH
Andrei
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