[svlug] Postfix mail bouncing

Skip Evans skip at bigskypenguin.com
Mon Oct 27 08:04:55 PST 2008


Hey all,

I just installed Postfix and Dovecot on a new 
Debian install following the instructions here:

http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-mail-server-setup-with-postfix-dovecot-sasl-squirrel-mail.html

(I stopped at Squirrel Mail because we're not 
going to use web based email.)

After following these instructions when I try to 
send email to any of the users on the system they 
bounce back with

(reason: 550 sorry, mail to that recipient is not 
accepted (#5.7.1))

I'm suspecting something misconfigured in this 
section of postfix's main.cf, but I've never 
worked with postfix before (just sendmail) so I'm 
a bit stumped.

# added to enable SMTP authentication 2008-10-03 
skip evans
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain = varsitybeat.com
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = 
permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous


Below are the log entries from

/var/log/mail.log for a single attempt to send 
mail to my account on the system.


Oct 27 15:45:00 server1 postfix/master[5327]: 
daemon started -- version 2.3.8, configuration 
/etc/postfix
Oct 27 15:46:06 server1 postfix/smtpd[5337]: 
connect from 
adsl-76-205-39-222.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net[76.205.39.222]
Oct 27 15:46:07 server1 postfix/smtpd[5337]: 
disconnect from 
adsl-76-205-39-222.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net[76.205.39.222]
Oct 27 15:46:15 server1 dovecot: pop3-login: 
Login: user=<sevans>, method=PLAIN, 
rip=76.205.39.222, lip=72.51.47.19
Oct 27 15:46:15 server1 dovecot: POP3(sevans): 
Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, 
del=0/0, size=0

Suggestions, as always, greatly appreciated.
-- 
Skip Evans
Big Sky Penguin LLC
503 S Baldwin St, #1
Madison, WI 53703
skip at bigskypenguin.com
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