Mail being sent as root on Ubuntu 14.04
- by Benjamin Allison
I'm really struggling with this. I'm trying to set up this server to send mail using Gmail's SMTP. Google keeps bouncing the messages, saying that that Authentication is required:
smtp.gmail.com[74.125.196.109]:25: 530-5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at
smtp.gmail.com[74.125.196.109]:25: 530 5.5.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=14257
But it seems my server is trying to send mail as [email protected]. I'm baffled. Here's what I've done so far:
Updated mail.cf
relayhost = [smtp.gmail.com]:587
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/cacert.pem
smtp_use_tls = yes
Created /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd:
[smtp.gmail.com]:587 [email protected]:password
Then did the following:
sudo chmod 400 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
cat /etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem | sudo tee -a /etc/postfix/cacert.pem
service postfix restart
I can't for the life me get a mail message to send, or change the default mail user from [email protected] to [email protected]
(FWIW, I'm using Google Apps, that's why it's not a .gmail address).
