SMTP authentication setup

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Tue Oct 21 12:49:38 UTC 2014


Am 21.10.2014 um 14:45 schrieb Charles Marcus:
> On 10/21/2014 8:40 AM, Brian <bstringfellow at bobcad.com> wrote:
>> Also, instead of
>> submission inet n - - - - smtpd
>> I did:
>> 127.0.0.1:1025 inet n - - - - smtpd
>>
>> After all is done, however, I'm unable to send any mail.
>
> No surprise there.
>
> You *must* use the submission port if you want it to work.
> Not sure why you thought otherwise.

no, you can use any port you want if you configure the client on the 
same one - but it must not only listen on 127.0.0.1

not postfix nor the client are interested in a specific port, that's why 
we have 587 *and* 588, 588 only opened for specific client IP's with 
other rate-limits



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