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Thanks Mathew....will give the bracket thingy a try on my next server set up.

Is my eyes playing tricks or are you missing out the :

smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_password

line....

the sasl_password file can be named anything you like. It is, well, just a txt file....anyway, coming from an administrator background I have this habit of shortening "password" to "passwd". sorry...

just saw your link to the postfix config page

I normally for my postmap hash this way:

postmap hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

Just make sure the sasl_passwd.db file is created after your run...

Does 'postmap -q mailrelay.example.com /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd' return your username and password? it should, if the relayhost is done properly.

Also try adding a "smtp_sasl_security_options =...

I use both windows and linux in at my workplace. I feel it is fair to say WinXP is a rather good desktop os. vista, on the other hand, sucks really to the core!

I didn't remember much...

I believe linux and *nix still makes up the majority of the server market. Netcraft has some stats on web servers here:
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if it's for home use, leave the desktop install as it is and apt-get new packages you may need to provide the services you want. You'll probably want to use it for web-surfing and other works as...