From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ehtmy-0005cO-UU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:08:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jB1J6k7U009940; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 19:06:46 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jB1J1V8W021582 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 19:01:31 GMT Received: from smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.65]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jB1J1UMP012024 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:01:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jB1J1SWg012687 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:01:30 -0500 (EST) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C1F205E9F7D; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:02:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:02:32 -0500 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix and no worthy mechs found Message-ID: <20051201190232.GA6470@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <000601c5f629$8aca8f70$1a02a8c0@SeanLaptop> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000601c5f629$8aca8f70$1a02a8c0@SeanLaptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: aa51f6d6-e935-4eb4-8ffb-c542f72f7790 X-Archives-Hash: dd429522121c1633b8035e286404b900 On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 10:44:32PM -0500, Sean Lester wrote: > Greetings, > I am "lucky" enough to have an ISP that blocks outbound port 25 > traffic. Fortunately, inbound is wide open. However, I am not able to > configure Postfix 2.1.5 to successfully use my ISP mail server as a > relayhost. I get a reply in my logs that states: > > warning: SASL authentication failure: No worthy mechs found > Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to server > smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.229.41]: no mechanism available > While whatever you posted in terms of config files looked correct, I have two quick questions: 1) What did you set as relayhost? 2) Does your provider support SSL or TLS? I ask because: [01:54 PM]wwong ~ $ nmap 68.142.229.41 Starting nmap 3.83.DC13 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-12-01 13:54 EST Interesting ports on smtp1-a.sbc.mail.vip.re2.yahoo.com (68.142.229.41): (The 1665 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: filtered) PORT STATE SERVICE 80/tcp open http 587/tcp open submission Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 48.081 seconds shows that it uses TCP 587 for mail submission as defined in RFC2476, which is slated to replace TCP 25, and uses ESMTP. You might need to set relayhost=smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com:587 (I am not sure since my mail providers have always only used TLS on port 25 or SSL on port 465). HTH W -- ARTHUR What is an Algolian Zylatburger anyway? FORD They're a kind of meatburger made from the most unpleasant parts of a creature well known for its total lack of any pleasant parts. ARTHUR So you mean that the Universe does actually end not with a bang but with a Wimpy? - Cut dialogue from Fit the Fifth. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 19 days, 11:16 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list