Email Settings query - Airtime Support Discussions on Sourcefabric Forum

Mark Almond · Post edited by Mark Almond at 2012-11-05 19:56:33

Hi there

I've setup my external email settings through my hosting providor, but they don't seem to be working at this end.

I can send and receive emails with the mailbox, do I need to have anything installed on my VPS?

Settings are:
admin@ttg-interactive.com
mail.ttg-interactive.com
Port 26
Requires authentication checked

Mark

Albert FR

you need an Mail Transport Agent like postfix, sendmail, ... on your server to do this

Mark Almond

Ok

Thank you

I'll install one now

Mark Almond

Well

I've installed sendmail and sent a test email and it works but I'm still getting the error that my email settings are not correct.

This is a external smtp mailbox setup on my webserver and it works from there, is there any configurations I need to change in sendmail?

I'm new to linux so a bit stuck

Mark

Albert FR

yep, but sendmail is not the more evident to do that ;-)
i'm sorry but i'm a postfix addict not a sendmail user
anyway i think you can find more information on google :-)

https://www.google.fr/search?q=sendmail+external+smtp&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a

Mark Almond

Well I could install postifx instead of sendmail as my vps is only going to be used for airtime.

So if I install postfix will this rectify the problem?

Albert FR

not a all, you just configure correctly your main.cf :-)
I know how to do that on postfix, like i said but not with sendmail
but how i said before, you can find a lot of easy tutorial on google :-D

Mark Almond

Ok I've installed Postfix.

Here's my main.cf file

I don't know what to change on it.

# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version

# Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
biff = no

# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no

# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h

readme_directory = no

# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache

# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.

myhostname = 1162-2990-4227.bhost.net
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = 1162-2990-4227.bhost.net, localhost.bhost.net, , localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all

Albert FR · Post edited by Albert FR at 2012-11-06 10:03:56

relayhost = your.smtp.domain

but perhaps you need authentication :

smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes

smtp_sasl_security_options =

smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

and into /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

[smtp.fai.fr] user:passwd

Mark Almond

I've followed what you did above

but I'm getting the same response as before

Albert FR

I don't know how you have configured your server ;-)
and if your stmp accept relaying or need identification or is on another port...
you can find a lot of really easy tutorial on the net to do that

i've forgot something, you are not on a standard port, try this :

[smtp.fai.fr]:26 user:passwd

Mark Almond

here's my conf file since I've updated it

Could I not just use postfix to send out emails rather than smtp?

# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version

# Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
biff = no

# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no

# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h

readme_directory = no

# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache

# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.

myhostname = 1162-2990-4227.bhost.net
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = 1162-2990-4227.bhost.net, localhost.bhost.net, , localhost
relayhost = mail.ttg-interactive.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options =
[smtp.fai.fr]:26 admin:password
and into /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

Albert FR

in fact postfix is only a MTA
if you only want to send email and not received them
you can only use it
but into airtime configuration don't fill "Configure Mail Server"
but click only on the checkbox to "Enable System Emails (Password Reset)"

Mark Almond

I've unchecked it and still no joy

Cliff Wang

Hey, Mark,

Do you have gmail account? Please try following settings:

Mail Server: smtp.gmail.com

Port: 465

Requires Authentication: check

Email Address: your gmail address

Password: your password

Then check Enable System Emails (Password Reset) to test it.\

Thanks.

Mark Almond

I've sorted it out now thank you

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