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Hello everyone

I used below tutorial to configure mail server
http://www.howtoforge.com/isp-mailse...ysql-centos5.0

everything went fine.. but now the problem is when i try to send email using outlook, connection to smtp server timed out..however smtp port is open and I can telnet to it

Code:

$ telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 25

Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...

Connected to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

Escape character is '^]'.

/var/log/maillog shows some warnings

Code:

May 31 04:24:31 mailserver postfix/master[7466]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 7305 exit status 1

May 31 04:24:31 mailserver postfix/master[7466]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling

May 31 04:25:31 mailserver postfix/smtpd[11379]: warning: unsupported SASL server implementation: cyrus

May 31 04:25:31 mailserver postfix/smtpd[11379]: fatal: SASL per-process initialization failed

May 31 04:25:32 mailserver postfix/master[7466]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 11379 exit status 1

May 31 04:25:32 mailserver postfix/master[7466]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling

May 31 04:26:32 mailserver postfix/smtpd[12281]: warning: unsupported SASL server implementation: cyrus

May 31 04:26:32 mailserver postfix/smtpd[12281]: fatal: SASL per-process initialization failed

May 31 04:26:33 mailserver postfix/master[7466]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 12281 exit status 1

May 31 04:26:33 mailserver postfix/master[7466]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling

When I comment out

Code:

smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes

in /etc/postfix/mail.cf

outlook was able to connect but gave error

Code:

The message could not be sent. The authentication setting might not be correct for your outgoing e-mail [SMTP] server. For help solving this problem, go to Help, search for "Troubleshoot Windows Live Mail", and read the "I'm having problems sending e-mail" section. If you need help determining the proper server settings, please contact your e-mail service provider.



The rejected e-mail address was 'xxxxx@gmail.com'.



Subject 'kjhkjhkjh'

Server Error: 554

Server Response: 554 5.7.1 <xxxxxx@gmail.com>: Relay access denied

Server: 'mail.xxxxxx.com'

Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC79

Protocol: SMTP

Port: 25

Secure(SSL): No

Moreover port 25 do not respond for localhost..I can telnet to port 25 outside the server..but not from localhost..

Please help me out in this situation.

Thanks.