[BUGS] mail relay

[Edward Irvine]

Hi Glenn,

On 17/02/2008, at 8:29 AM, Glenn Mawby wrote:

> Hi,
> I use tpg as my internet provider and yahoo for mail. I'm trying to  
> configure postfix and need to supply a value for
> relayhost  = ???  in /etc/postfix/main.cf
>
> I've guessed (wrongly ) at smtp.yahoo.com.au , relay.yahoo.com.au  
> and smtp.tpg.com.au . Postfix logs
>

I'm also with tpg. For SMTP, have you tried mail.tpg.com.au?

BTW, for the last five years or so at least, tpg have offered SMTP  
AUTH over SSL (useful if you have a laptop) and POP3 over SSL. Very  
useful for laptop use!

Not sure how to set up postfix for this the SMTP AUTH though - but  
I'm sure it would not be that hard.

> Feb 17 08:20:23 olive postfix/smtp[9773]: 14187DC0C84:  
> to=<gmawby at yahoo.com.au>, relay=none, delay=1542,  
> delays=1527/0.01/15/0, dsn=4.4.3, status=deferred (Host or domain  
> name not found. Name service error for name=relay.yahoo.com.au  
> type=MX: Host not found, try again)
>
> My understanding of the above message is that relay.yahoo.com.au is  
> not a mail relay.
>
>
> Is there a way I can find out what the relay is?
>
> Glenn,
> Sydney.
>
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