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White
20th April 2008, 23:02
Ok i have followed the perfect debianetch setup (not quite to the letter) and at first i could receive emails to user@domain.tld, now when i tried to authenticate from outlook express from my home computer my server was kicking me out and i couldn't understand why.

I looked in my mail log and found this

Apr 20 19:41:56 server1 postfix/smtpd[3705]: connect from unknown[192.168.1.3]
Apr 20 19:41:57 server1 postfix/smtpd[3705]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[192.168.1.3]: 554 5.7.1 <user@hotmail.com>: Relay access denied; from=<user@mydomain.tld> to=<user@hotmail.com> proto=SMTP helo=<myhomecomputer>
Apr 20 19:41:57 server1 postfix/smtpd[3705]: disconnect from unknown[192.168.1.3]
Apr 20 19:45:17 server1 postfix/anvil[3697]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:65.54.246.98) at Apr 20 19:40:04

so i went back to my main.cnf file and at the line

mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 i ammended it to read
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 192.168.1.3

i went back to my mail log and it now reads this

Apr 20 20:52:10 server1 postfix/master[5721]: daemon started -- version 2.3.8, configuration /etc/postfix
Apr 20 20:52:30 server1 postfix/smtpd[5739]: connect from unknown[192.168.1.3]
Apr 20 20:52:30 server1 postfix/smtpd[5739]: 49AEB72838F: client=unknown[192.168.1.3], sasl_method=LOGIN, sasl_username=myusername
Apr 20 20:52:30 server1 postfix/cleanup[5743]: 49AEB72838F: message-id=<002d01c8a31f$c8e53f80$0301a8c0@myhomecomputer>
Apr 20 20:52:30 server1 postfix/smtpd[5739]: disconnect from unknown[192.168.1.3]
Apr 20 20:52:30 server1 postfix/qmgr[5727]: 49AEB72838F: from=<user@mydomain.tld>, size=1362, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Apr 20 20:52:32 server1 postfix/smtp[5747]: 49AEB72838F: to=<user@hotmail.com>, relay=mx1.hotmail.com[65.54.245.8]:25, delay=2.1, delays=0.23/0.12/1.1/0.65, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 <002d01c8a31f$c8e53f80$0301a8c0@myhomecomputer> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 20 20:52:32 server1 postfix/qmgr[5727]: 49AEB72838F: removed

Apr 20 20:41:59 server1 postfix/smtp[5348]: E20EE72838F: to=<user@hotmail.com>, relay=mx2.hotmail.com[65.54.244.168]:25, delay=2.1, delays=0.27/0.08/1.1/0.64, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 <001f01c8a31e$4ff60a10$0301a8c0@myhomecomputer> Queued mail for delivery)
Apr 20 20:41:59 server1 postfix/qmgr[5323]: E20EE72838F: removed

this seems to have cured my 'relay access denied' error but im most likely wrong.

Outlook express would appear to be sending the mails however no mails are actually going to user@hotmail.com, the above log does indicate sent but i know not where, can someone please help me and point me in the direct of the light.

White
21st April 2008, 15:52
My mail is working in respect of that it has sent emails to 2 other addresses however user@hotmail.com and .co.uk do not reach their destination. I have read somewhere about blacklist sites so i will see if my sever has appeared on that.

falko
21st April 2008, 15:58
You can check here if your server is blacklisted: http://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx

White
21st April 2008, 19:03
thanks falko

my server is blacklisted, will wait till i have it fully up and running before i try and change that.