postifx -- Relay access denied error(outbound mail)

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#1 Wed, 07/14/2010 - 18:02
acmishra

postifx -- Relay access denied error(outbound mail)

Hi,

I have setup Virtualmin GPL a few days back, and everything is working except for outbound mail, which goes from my mail server to an external mail server, using smtp authentication.

This is the error I keep getting:

postfix/qmgr[1758]: 3F709428057: from=, size=5707, nrcpt=1 (queue active)

postfix/smtp[1793]: 3F709428057: to=, relay=relayserver.com:25, delay=1.4, delays=0.02/0.01/1.1/0.29, dsn=5.7.1, status=bounced (host relayserver.com said: 554 5.7.1 : Relay access denied (in reply to RCPT TO command))

This is the output of postconf -n:


alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debug_peer_level = 2
home_mailbox = Maildir/
html_directory = no
mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail-wrapper -o -a $DOMAIN -d $LOGNAME
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES
relayhost = [relayserver.com]
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples
sender_bcc_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/bcc
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
setgid_group = postdrop
smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = plain,login
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/passwd
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_security_options =
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual

The domains can receive mail, but cannot send any outbound mail, as the external server throws up the error and rejects the mail. I am sending the mails using the Webmin interface.

Virtualmin was installed using the automated installer and the version is 3.79 GPL.

Thu, 07/15/2010 - 09:59
andreychek

Howdy,

The short answer is that it sounds like your relay server requires some form of authentication.

You have two options there -- you can either configure the relay server to trust your IP address, or you can configure Postfix to pass in a username and password while performing mail relaying.

-Eric

Thu, 07/15/2010 - 13:06
acmishra

Hi,

The issue was resolved, it seems that there was a confusion in "smtp/smtpd" while typing in some entries in main.cf, of postfix.

For example I put in "smtpd_sasl_security_options = " whereas it should have been "smtp_sasl_security_options = " ; my bad. The outbound mail is relaying properly, now.

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