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About 8 Month ago, my postfix worked, now it does not work, does my log file look ok?

Aug 21 17:00:34 localhost postfix/master[9342]: daemon started -- version 2.7.0, configuration /etc/postfix
Aug 21 17:01:11 localhost postfix/smtpd[9354]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Aug 21 17:01:11 localhost postfix/smtpd[9354]: C691694D4F: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Aug 21 17:01:11 localhost postfix/cleanup[9358]: C691694D4F: message-id=<[email protected]>
Aug 21 17:01:11 localhost postfix/qmgr[9345]: C691694D4F: from=<[email protected]>, size=746, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 21 17:01:11 localhost postfix/smtpd[9354]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Aug 21 17:01:12 localhost postfix/smtp[9359]: C691694D4F: to=<[email protected]>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[173.194.68.26]:25, delay=0.35, delays=0.05/0.01/0.12/0.16, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1377118871 f10si5584777qai.16 - gsmtp)
Aug 21 17:01:12 localhost postfix/qmgr[9345]: C691694D4F: removed

(Note: I changed actual email to: [email protected])

I did some tracing, results below

$ host -t A smtp.gmail.com
smtp.gmail.com is an alias for gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com.
gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com has address 173.194.68.108
gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com has address 173.194.68.109

$ host -t MX gmail.com
gmail.com mail is handled by 30 alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 10 alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 40 alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 5 gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 20 alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
$ 

I am pretty new to email, so is it possible that I was black-listed somewhere by any chance?

Edit 8/22/13: OK, got the answer, email can be sent, but email servers will reject it unless criteria is filled, see the link

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Yes, that logfile looks absolutely honkey-dorey. Your mail is being sent to the gmail MX'es. Maybe it simply ended up in the spam box?

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  • Thank you, checked multiple destination emails (my work email and my gmail), seems like I cannot send emails. What can I do to troubleshoot this? Aug 21, 2013 at 21:44
  • Find the logmessage of an actual failure to send and post that. Aug 21, 2013 at 21:48
  • Well, I posted the log I know of, would you suggest logs to view? Aug 21, 2013 at 21:53
  • If that's all the log you have, I'd love to know what you base your conclusion on, as the log clearly shows the mail is delivered to gmail. Aug 21, 2013 at 21:59
  • Well I am new to this, so I probably do not sound very intelligent, but my co-worker tried to use my web application, I got the same log, but the email did not go through for her either. So is it possible that google is not liking me? Aug 21, 2013 at 22:04

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