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Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:07:33 -0500 Albert Hopkins <marduk@g.o> |
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>> On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 14:45 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: |
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>>> testing if apache works is easy, you just go to http://localhost and |
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>>> see |
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>>> if something happens, |
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>>> but how do I test if postfix actual sends my mail? |
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>>> |
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>> Well, you set up a web server to deliver web content. I'm assuming |
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>> you're setting up a mail server to deliver mail. So the test is to |
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>> see that it delivers mail. |
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>> Not that I've ever used postfix, but testing a mail server should be |
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>> pretty similar for any platform. |
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>> 1. Create a mailbox (or use a remote one) |
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>> 2. Using a MUA, for example, connect to mail server. |
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>> 3. Send message to be delivered to mailbox |
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>> 4. Verify message delivered to mailbox. |
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> Except that this is more the test case for /receiving/ mail :-) |
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> But yes, looking at the mail server's configuration, this is most |
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> likely the more interesting test case. Sending, after all, should just |
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> work fine with almost any mail server... |
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> Since OP did set up with SASL, it might also be interesting whether |
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> non-local originating mail is blocked for relay (test case: Send a mail |
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> with the server's mail domain address -- somebody@××××××××.com -- to |
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> some other server out there from a computer not in the trusted address |
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> range) and if that can be cured by proper authentication. But the OP |
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> didn't mention setting up SASL by any means. It'll probably work using |
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> PAM out-of-the-box. |
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> -hwh |
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Hi |
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Well I guess I should have expected it to rather simple to test. But I |
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have never tried to configure a mailserver before |
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hence my somewhat naive question. |
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So what I did was to change my smtp server in thunderbird to use |
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localhost (with my postfix server running) and the send a |
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mail. This failed! Thunderbirds just claims that it could not connect to |
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the server... |
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I'm obvious doing something really simple completely wrong, but what? |
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Regards / Venlig hilsen |
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Johannes Skov Frandsen |
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*Address:* Egelundsvej 18, DK-5260 Odense S |
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*Web:* www.omesc.com | *Email:* joe@×××××.com |
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