[OGo-Outlook] 554 error when sending mail from Outlook or other email client

[Frank Reppin]

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Hello,

ogo@journalclub.com wrote:
[...]
> I installed InstantOGo and everything seemed to work fine. Emailing from
> the web interface is no problem. Installing the ZideLook licence went
> smoothly. The lack of documentation and my inexperience with Linux was a
> time consuming factor.
> 
> My main problem at the moment is that I am unable to email from Outlook.
> I setup Imap access to my email server. All messages are downloaded
> fine. When I send a message I get this nasty 554 error: relay not
> permitted. From what I understand this is a general Postfix error and
> can mean many things. Someone installed Webmin for me on the OGo server,
> so I have a GUI like access to it. I am a Linux novice though, and your
> help in getting rid of the 554 error would be highly appreciated.

This is the default behaviour in order to prevent nasty people from
using your installation as a mail relay.
You can get rid of this message by editing the file
'/etc/postfix/main.cf' and adding the hosts/nets that may use your
installation as relay (requires that you restart postfix afterwards).

> (This message is sent from the OGo web interface which works fine.) I
> emailed Skyrix but they have not replied (yet).

Hm - we're not aware of any request here.

HTH,

Frank Reppin
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Skyrix Software AG
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