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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: holck on December 23, 2007, 10:55:02 PM

Title: Getting outbound mail to work when external SMTP server uses port 587
Post by: holck on December 23, 2007, 10:55:02 PM

My new Internet Service Provider requires authentication with username and password on port 587 for using the provider's SMTP server. I have spent several hours to get this working - here is my solution, so hopefully others can use their time better :-)

The username and password for SMTP is set up in the server manager, put here you cannot change the port number. So this requires a little coding:

Add this key to the configuration database:

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# /sbin/e-smith/config setprop smtp-auth-proxy Port 587

Add the lines marked with ++ to /usr/local/sbin/smtp-auth-proxy.pl

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$prop->{Passwd} = $smtp_proxy_rec->prop('Passwd');
++ $prop->{Port} = $smtp_proxy_rec->prop('Port');
$prop->{Debug} = $smtp_proxy_rec->prop('Debug');
and

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my $system_name = $self->get_property('SystemName');
++ my $port = $self->get_property('Port');
my $name = $self->get_property('Userid');

And in the file also change

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my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($smarthost,
  Hello => "${system_name}.${domain_name}",
  Debug => $debug
);
to

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my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($smarthost,
  Hello => "${system_name}.${domain_name}",
  Debug => $debug,
  Port => $port
);
Finally restart smtp-auth-proxy and qmail:

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#svc -t /var/service/smtp-auth-proxy
#svc -t /var/service/qmail


Title: Re: Getting outbound mail to work when external SMTP server uses port 587
Post by: CharlieBrady on December 24, 2007, 06:26:44 PM

Quote from: holck on December 23, 2007, 10:55:02 PM

So this requires a little coding: ...

Please post all this information in a New Feature Request in the Bug Tracker. Thanks.

Title: Re: Getting outbound mail to work when external SMTP server uses port 587
Post by: thomasch on December 26, 2007, 06:21:59 AM

Quote from: CharlieBrady on December 24, 2007, 06:26:44 PM

Please post all this information in a New Feature Request in the Bug Tracker. Thanks.

Similar NFR raised some time ago by RV  http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546
RV want a new 'port' field for 'pop before send' email authentication in server-manager

Please follow up the proposed solution there

thomas