On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:15:51 +0200 Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled: > ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx schrieb: > > I've googled around and although I get a lot of hits about > > postfix smarthost authentication with ssl, I can not find out > > how to actually accomplish the task. > > > > I've read through smatterings of postings from Neophasis and the > > like searching for just the syntax and what file (I assume it's > > main.cf) I should be using; however, any smtpd_ lines I have > > tried result in postfix hanging and refusing to deliver mail. > > smtpd_* is the wrong configuration option. It applies to Postfix > acting as server, while you want to configure Postfix being the > client. So you have to read through man 5 postconf for smtp_ > (smtp_tls_*) options. That confirms my stupidity. By making the attempt it was revealed I was heading down the wrong path. Thanks! > > The server I'm running postfix on is CentOS 4 (fully updated). > > Postfix version is 2.2.10-1.1.el4 (from rpm -qa). I have not had > > sufficient downtime to upgrade to CentOS 5. Should I do that? > > > > Sincerely > > For what a howto when you can read the manpage for postconf? Even > each smarthost can be configured with different musts, so there > can't be a globally valid setup guide. > > Alexander Because I'm stupid and it didn't click with me upon my first attempt at getting it to work after reading other mailing lists about what I was trying to accomplish. What you're saying makes perfect sense to me though. Long time no type. Happy to hear from you again! -- Alex White ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx Life is a prison, death is a release _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos