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#1 2009-09-10 23:31:18
- nemozob
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How to send Textpattern mail through ISP requiring authentication
This is more of a PHP question but affects my ability to develop Textpattern sites locally.
I am running PHP and MySQL on my home machine using OS X 10.6. The problem is that I’m not able to send out any mail from Textpattern (adding users, contact forms, etc) and I assume this is because my ISP requires authentication. I have the authentication username/password/server information but I’m not sure what files I need to edit — sendmail or Postfix or what — to make this happen.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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Re: How to send Textpattern mail through ISP requiring authentication
If you are running Postfix as a local MTA, this might be what you need.
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#3 2009-09-12 20:08:26
- nemozob
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Re: How to send Textpattern mail through ISP requiring authentication
Ruud, thanks for your response. I had actually found the instructions I needed elsewhere but the info you had pointed to was pretty close to what I needed.
Eventually I was able to figure it out and am posting in the hopes it helps someone else. I needed to add the authentication information to the postfix configuration file. This works for my ISP, AT&T, so you’ll need to supply your info as needed.
First I created a file in /etc/postfix called smtp_sasl_passwords. In that file I put the following, (substitute your own domain/email/password):
[smtp.domain.com]:587 myusername@domain.net:passwordand in the Terminal, ran:
sudo postmap smtp_sasl_passwordsThat command should create a 2nd file called smtp_sasl_passwords.db. I got some errors here so I made sure the owner/permissions of this file matched that of main.cf.
I then opened /etc/postfix/main.cf and added:
relayhost = [smtp.domain.com]:587
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_tls_security_level = may
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/smtp_sasl_passwords
smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = plain, login
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymousThen, in the Terminal go to /etc/postfix/ and do:
sudo postfix reloadAnd test in the Terminal with:
printf "Subject: TestnHello" | sendmail -f username@domain.com username@domain.comLast edited by nemozob (2009-09-13 17:32:16)
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Re: How to send Textpattern mail through ISP requiring authentication
“Oh – and thanks for your help too, Ruud…”
Keith
Blyth, Northumberland, England
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