[aklug] Re: postfix, um... not quite done

From: Christopher Howard <cmhoward@frigidcode.com>
Date: Tue Nov 23 2010 - 08:42:51 AKST

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:44:33PM -0900, adam bultman wrote:
> I started typing "postfix" in my google search bar, and one of the
> options that came up was "postfix tls". Down arrow... Search...
>
> http://www.postfix.org/TLS_README.html
>
> C'mon, dude.
>
>
>
> On 11/22/2010 09:34 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> > Okay, I got postfix working so I can receive mail. I got courier-imap working so I could receive IMAP over a secure connection. Now, I need to get secure, remote SMTP working. I can use Thunderbird or evolution to send mail with SMTP, but only if it is an insecure port 25 connection (with password sent over clear text). If I try to go SSL/TLS on 465, it won't authenticate. (Port 465 is open in iptables.)
> >
> > What is the bare minimum I need to add to my postfix main.conf so that I can get a secure SMTP connection?
> >
> >
>
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> Adam
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I actually already had these settings in my main.cf, which were not working, so I was hoping to get a bare-bones example from somebody on the list. But I'll go over the docs again today and try to figure out where I have gone wrong.

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