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Re: How to set up ssl authentication for outgoing mail

by Jerry Feldman-2 :: Rate this Message:

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I wrote:
> Recently Comcast started to require that I use port 587 as the outgoing
> port to access smtp.comcast.net, as well as ssl and authentication. I
> was able to test this with claws mail sending using my comcast address,
> I'm not exactly sure how to set up ssl and authentication.
> Port 587 is easy:
> relayhost = smtp.comcast.net:587

> But, I was not sure where to set up the authentication in main.cf and
> supporting files for postfix.
In main.cf:
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/saslpass

And then set up the account information in saslpass.

RTFM :-)
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