From: Paul Rogers (paulgrogersyahoo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2007 - 13:37:02 CST

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--- Wietse Venema <wietseporcupine.org> wrote:
> Because you configured it that way. Postfix does not know that you
> want to use the ISP's mailhost if you don't tell it to.

I thought giving it:
relay_host = smtp.xprt.net
did that.

> To send all mail to the ISP's mailhost, point your Thunderbird client
> at the ISP and be done with it.

This is on a different system and "never the twain shall meet".
I can't get Thunderbird to run on that RHL-6.1 system. ;-)

>
> However, if you must use an MTA such as Postfix:
>
> main.cf:
> relayhost = [mail.isp.com]
>
> where mail.isp.com is the client that Thunderbird would connect to.
>
> The [] are required.

Ah! OK, I'll try that. Somehow that escaped my notice. Maybe I saw
it, but had so many other config questions I didn't focus on it.

> If the mailhost won't accept mail for other destinations without
> you logging in first, then come back here to set up SASL
> authentication.

I think it probably will. Its ppp doesn't use pap/chap!

Paul Rogers
Rogers' Second Law: Everything you do communicates.
paulgrogersyahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/paulgrogers
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