Using Postfix to Relay messages to an ISP Email Server

Since my ISP blocks port 25, preventing me from running my own in-house email, I relay all my in-house emails and notifications generated from various components though the ISP email servers. This allows me to have internal components send messages to my in house server on 25 and those messages are relayed out to the ISP for delivery.

This setup works on Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04

nano /etc/postfix/main.cf

Add the following (obviously replace the domain names and IP ranges with your own.)

myhostname = server.mydomain.local
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = server.myisp.com, localhost
relayhost = [server.myisp.com]:587
mynetworks = 192.168.10.0/24 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all

#fix for some isp configs being stupid.
smtp_discard_ehlo_keyword_address_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/busted-servers
smtp_connection_cache_on_demand = no
smtp_discard_ehlo_keywords = pipelining,silent-discard

### Relay client Auth
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_security_options =
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

Next we need to give the server the credentials it needs to perform the relay.
Create the password file:

nano /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

Add the following line for your ISP.

[server.myisp.com]:587 username@mydomain.com:mypassword

Create the mailname file and change what is there

Echo mydomain.com >> /etc/mailname

Change permissions and run the mapping command.

Chmod 600 sasl_passwd
Postmap hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

That’s it. Send some test messages to your internal server and it should get delivered.

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One Response to Using Postfix to Relay messages to an ISP Email Server

  1. asdf says:

    “Change permissions and run the mapping command” uses upper case in command but needs lower case.

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