Comments on: It seems I have a mail problem… http://top-frog.com/2007/12/12/it_seems_i_have_a_mail_problem/ Polluting the internet since 2004 Sat, 12 May 2012 18:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bedstuy http://top-frog.com/2007/12/12/it_seems_i_have_a_mail_problem/comment-page-1/#comment-981 bedstuy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://top-frog.com/?p=219#comment-981 eat my email, bitch! eat my email, bitch!

]]> By: Shawn Parker http://top-frog.com/2007/12/12/it_seems_i_have_a_mail_problem/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Shawn Parker Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://top-frog.com/?p=219#comment-982 Sadly, it is still mysteriously broken... Sadly, it is still mysteriously broken…

]]> By: Shawn Parker http://top-frog.com/2007/12/12/it_seems_i_have_a_mail_problem/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Shawn Parker Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://top-frog.com/?p=219#comment-983 Hm, it seems that dynamic IP blocks from Comcast are automatically on SPAM watchlists. So my server's emails were being denied from my email box. </p> <p></p> <p>I've gotten service back by telling my server to use the SMTP server provided by comcast, but they're getting flagged as spam. Well, at least they're coming through... Hm, it seems that dynamic IP blocks from Comcast are automatically on SPAM watchlists. So my server’s emails were being denied from my email box.

I’ve gotten service back by telling my server to use the SMTP server provided by comcast, but they’re getting flagged as spam. Well, at least they’re coming through…

]]> By: Shawn Parker http://top-frog.com/2007/12/12/it_seems_i_have_a_mail_problem/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Shawn Parker Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://top-frog.com/?p=219#comment-984 Okay, so, a little research told me that I had to properly relay through comcast. Several posts told me that I needed to use port 587 but those actually failed, but defaulting to port 25 works.</p> <p></p> <p>I had to make some modifications to postfix.</p> <p>In /etc/postfix/main.cf</p> <p><pre>relayhost = smtp.comcast.net smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd</pre></p> <p></p> <p>I then had to create /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd and add</p> <p><pre>smtp.comcast.net myusername:mypassword</pre></p> <p></p> <p>Then get postfix to regenerate the password hashes and refresh</p> <p><pre>myserver:/etc/postfix# postmap sasl_passwd myserver:/etc/postfix# postfix reload</pre></p> <p></p> <p>The last part was not obvious to me and took a while to find, but I eventually found it... lucky me, eh? So, now between that and a whitelist on my hosts email config I get comment notifications again. Okay, so, a little research told me that I had to properly relay through comcast. Several posts told me that I needed to use port 587 but those actually failed, but defaulting to port 25 works.

I had to make some modifications to postfix.

In /etc/postfix/main.cf

relayhost = smtp.comcast.net
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_security_options =
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

I then had to create /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd and add

smtp.comcast.net myusername:mypassword

Then get postfix to regenerate the password hashes and refresh

myserver:/etc/postfix# postmap sasl_passwd
myserver:/etc/postfix# postfix reload

The last part was not obvious to me and took a while to find, but I eventually found it… lucky me, eh? So, now between that and a whitelist on my hosts email config I get comment notifications again.

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