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Re: How to set up ssl authentication for outgoing mail



 I wrote: 
> Recently Comcast started to require that I use port 587 as the outgoing 
> port to access smtp.comcast.net, as well as ssl and authentication. I 
> was able to test this with claws mail sending using my comcast address, 
> I'm not exactly sure how to set up ssl and authentication. 
> Port 587 is easy: 
> relayhost = smtp.comcast.net:587 

> But, I was not sure where to set up the authentication in main.cf and 
> supporting files for postfix. 
In main.cf: 
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes 
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/saslpass 

And then set up the account information in saslpass. 

RTFM :-) 
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