[SGVLUG] Postfix Rejections

[Solomon K. Chang]

Ah yes, sorry, xxxxx.tld is the server where Postfix is running.  I was actually referring to substituting the domain name in the postconf output I sent out, but the SGVLUG mailing list is holding that specific mail hostage until an admin releases it, maybe because it's too damn big.


Solomon

--- On Wed, 3/18/09, Rae Yip <rae.yip at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rae Yip <rae.yip at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Postfix Rejections
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 4:32 PM
> mydestination usually doesn't contain anything security
> sensitive; it
> should refer to other variables that does.
> 
> And smtpd_recipient_restrictions and relay_recipient_maps?
> Those
> shouldn't contain any hostnames. If you're setting
> these correctly,
> then there shouldn't be a problem telling me.
> 
> Also, it's not clear to me if xxxxxx.tld is the server
> where postfix
> is running, or another server to which mail should be
> relayed. If the
> former, why bother messing with relaying? If the latter,
> why do you
> have it set in mydestination?
> 
> -Rae.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Solomon K. Chang
> <skevin521 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > They are... well, this is a machine to be used for
> work, so I'm not supposed to say.  (I anonymized them
> to xxxxxx.tld in the postings)
> >
> > However, they *are* set to valid names.
> >
> > Solomon
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Rae Yip <rae.yip at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Rae Yip <rae.yip at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Postfix Rejections
> >> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List."
> <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> >> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 3:52 PM
> >> What are mydestination, mynetworks, and
> >> smtpd_recipient_restrictions
> >> set to in the output of postconf?
> >>
> >> I've never used access and relay_recipients
> before, but
> >> I'm not sure
> >> they'll work unless your basic postfix config
> is set up
> >> first.
> >>
> >> -Rae.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Solomon K. Chang
> >> <skevin521 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hola, SGV cronies,
> >> >
> >> > I've been trying to get a Postfix
> installation
> >> running for some time now.  I have a stock CentOS
> >> installation.
> >> >
> >> > However, when I try to send mail to my
> domain, the
> >> mail keeps getting bounced.  A brief glance at
> >> /var/log/maillog show me:
> >> >
> >> > Mar 18 15:09:13 localhost
> postfix/smtpd[32333]:
> >> NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from
> >> n56.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com[98.136.44.52]: 554
> 5.7.1
> >> <admin at XXXXXX.TLD>: Relay access denied;
> >> from=<solomonchasos at yahoo.com>
> >> to=<admin at XXXXXX.TLD> proto=SMTP
> >> helo=<n56.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
> >> >
> >> > [domains x'd out for security reasons]
> >> >
> >> > I've done the following:
> >> > - made sure port 25 is wide open.
> >> > - added "admin at XXXXXX.TLD OK" to
> >> /etc/postfix/relay_recipients
> >> > - added "yahoo.com OK" to
> >> /etc/postfix/access
> >> > - added ".yahoo.com OK" to
> >> /etc/postfix/access
> >> > - ran postmap against /etc/postfix/access and
> >> /etc/postfix/relay_recipients
> >> > - restart Postfix
> >> >
> >> > ...and the mail server is still rejecting
> Yahoo, just
> >> like that hot supermodel at the bar last night-...
> but
> >> that's another story for another time.
>  Ironically, I
> >> can send email connecting from another machine on
> the local
> >> subnet.
> >> >
> >> > What have I left out?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> > Solomon
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >