On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 01:05:16PM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 04:58:06PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:51:13 -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > > > > I followed directions here: > > > http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-debian-6-squeeze#sph_configure-saslauthd-to-use-mysql > > > to set up postfix/dovecot to mail from my linode running squeeze. > > > clippage > > > > > > Any assistance will be appreciated. > > > > Mmmm, my guess is that your are having problems (or at least "one" of the > > problems, the other can be indeed with saslauth :-) ) with the SSL > > certificate you have generated, described in this step of your guide¹. > > > > To verify this point, test if your smtp is working fine (port 25, no SSL) > > and post here the results. > > Okay, at this point, I am getting different errors. > I think I resolved the sasl issue by correcting an error I had made in > /etc/pam.d/smtpd > > But, now, if I telnet to localhost 25, either the connection drops > immediately, or > anything I try to do (like elho localhost) hangs for a long time, and then, > again, > just dumps the connection without result. > > Oddly, before correcting the error in /etc/pam.d/smtpd > I would get expected results with > telnet localhost 25 > ehlo localhost > > (such as indication > 250 - STARTTLS > etc. > ) > > but now, no joy...weird. > > > Also, review your Postfix logs (omit sensitive data if you post them here), > > they're usually the best source for solving problems :-) > > > > ¹http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-debian-6-squeeze#sph_create-an-ssl-certificate-for-postfix > > I was using precisely these instructions, and believe my cert is correct > (I've redone it about 20 times now, too). > I've gone over this whole tutorial like 20 times now. > One thing: > Initially my fqdn was set at server.linode.com, because I had somehow set it > before my domain was resolving, or whatever. > but I've changed it (echo server.tonybaldwin.org > /etc/hostname, hostname -F > /etc/hostname), > but when I've done dpkg --reconfigure postfix, it still wants to do > server.linode.com > and I fix that by hand in main.cf, and anywhere else I find it > then restart postfix. > This is the only thing odd I can identify. > > I pasted some of the errors from /var/log/mail.* here > http://tonybaldwin.me/paste/index.php?6 > > I could paste any of the relevant other files (etc/postfix/main.cf or > whatever) if it would help.
I went ahead and pasted my main.cf http://tonybaldwin.me/paste/index.php?5 -- http://www.tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120110181225.ga10...@deathstar.hsd1.ct.comcast.net
