Relay denied for iPhone

I de-selected the first option and it just won't work on 3G. So somehow I have to know the IP range of every WiFi network that I'm going to be on? That seems a bit strange. I must be doing something wrong.

Hi there. As it stands now I'm working on SMTP Auth. I've changed my SMTP port, and it seems to work some of the time.

Get this. Turns out some of the Bell Canada IPs are being blocked because they're blacklisted. So it wasn't the server saying "we don't allow relays", but "your current IP is blacklisted, so you are shut out".

Lovely, eh?

Thanks for the reply.

Here is the result:

ommand_directory = /usr/sbin

config_directory = /etc/postfix

content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024

daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix

debug_peer_level = 2

enable_server_options = yes

html_directory = no

inet_interfaces = all

local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps

luser_relay =

mail_owner = _postfix

mailbox_size_limit = 0

mailbox_transport = cyrus

mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq

manpage_directory = /usr/share/man

maps_rbl_domains =

message_size_limit = 10485760

mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost

mydomain = pints.com

mydomain_fallback = localhost

myhostname = beacon.pints.com

mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8

newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases

queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix

readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix

relayhost =

sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail

setgid_group = _postdrop

smtpd_client_restrictions = hash:/etc/postfix/smtpdreject cidr:/etc/postfix/smtpdreject.cidr permit_mynetworks reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org permit

smtpd_enforce_tls = no

smtpd_pw_server_security_options = cram-md5

smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination,permit

smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes

smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/certificates/Default.crt

smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/certificates/Default.key

smtpd_tls_loglevel = 0

smtpd_use_pw_server = yes

smtpd_use_tls = no

unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550

virtual_mailbox_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains

virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/imap/socket/lmtp

Hey that would be fantastic.

Cheers

Hi Jeff. Thanks for the notes.

Assuming that this SMTP Auth will work fine, I can restructure everything so that I run on normal ports. So yes, your port allocation would be what I would be choosing to use, instead of the restructuring I currently have (which is giving me problems due to limitations on the iPhone Mail setup).

So let me ask you this: Why wouldn't they do that as default, given that the target market for this instance by Apple is towards SME's? I would assume accounts with passwords would be the majority of deployments.

I'll give this a try soon. It sounds great. I never thought of modifying Postfix, as I know nothing about it.

Cheers

Sorry Jeff, which file do I put this into, and where?

It seems it is on line 10, but commented out. This is what ai have now in master.cf:

submission inet n - n - - smtpd

# -o smtpd_enforce_tls=yes

# -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes

-o smtpd_client_restrictions=

-o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject

-o content_filter=

I've flushed all the mappings in my router (Airport Extreme). I have IMAP set without SSL on port 143 public/private. I've set SMTP on port 25 public/private. Now my office email isn't working either. It says it's disallowing port 143.

How do I start from the beginning? I want to make sure you know what the problem is. Usually, when out in the public, I use WiFi to get into my mail server. That means I'm on Bell or Rogers, both which block a lot of ports. So getting to my own router on a port < 1000 (I usually aim for higher than 3000), is impossible.

How can I have my iPhone reach in normally from these networks, and also from the home office?

Cheers

Any problems if I put a tab in front of the -o? I am just used to that with most everything I've found.

I have asked a couple of times in the Airport Extreme section about port mapping. It is confusing how it works, so I make assumptions as to how it all works. If I set public 500 and private 400 for a service, does that mean it listens on the public side on port 500 and resend on port 400 on the private side? Again, the first problem in all of this is that the carriers block up to (let's say) port 3000. So I want to have my iPhone's email speaking both IMAP and SMTP on ports that I force above 3000. I want my mail server to remain on the same normal ports (25, 143 for SMTP, IMAP), as I'm running a client at the office.

When I get home, my iPhone needs to connect over the WLAN, still to mail.mydomain.com, but being internal, would it not have tto use port 143 for that?

Not really clear how to make things work, while bypassing the spamhaus issue. You are saying that SMTP Auth will bypass relay issues with the entry above.

Any ideas?

Cheers

OK that's what I have it set to now. I am assuming that stopping service, and starting it back up again will do the trick to get the cf files read and assigned.

The reason I'm going so high is that the two main carriers here (Bell and Rogers) are the DSL and cable high speed internet providers behind most if not all WiFi's in Toronto. The problem is that they block SMTP outgoing mail ports, as they sell it as a business and want you to use their servers. I am not a client, just a guy walking around with his iPhone. I use WiFi a lot, as it is much faster, and doesn't hit my bill.

So I have to go very high and point to my static IP in order to even get to my router, it being the gateway to the outside world.

It seems to be working now, but I will be testing. Thanks for the clarification on the router port mapping. Nobody has answered my calls on that question.

Cheers