On 26/11/07 10:44:50, Mihira Fernando wrote: > Barry Samuels wrote: > > I have tried twice before to set up SASL authentication for Postfix > > and failed to get it working both times. I am now trying a third > > time. > > > > I have three remote mail servers to which I can send outgoing mail. > > I use Balsa as a mail client and, as a test, I set the value of the > > Remote Server, in the Balsa settings, to each of the three mail > > servers in turn together with the appropriate values for username > > and password. > > I sent an email using each setting and they all arrived. This shows > > that my username/password combinations are correct for each of the > > remote servers.
Many thanks to those who replied. I don't know what I did wrong this time BUT it all works. :-)) Whoo Hoo! One thing I've discovered is that usernames that work in Balsa don't necessarily work with SASL. I had to change some slightly to get it to work. Another thing is that one of my remote mail servers is GMail and I've seen a number of Howtos for GMail all of which involve what seems to be a complex procedure for creating a certificate but I saw one which said just to put the following in postfix/main.cf: # For servers (e.g. GMail) that need SSL support smtp_tls_policy_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/tls_policy smtp_tls_security_level = may That's all I've done (I did create the tls_policy file) and it works apparently without this certificate thingy. -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
