On 25.4.2012, at 21.28, Kris Weston wrote: >>>>> but then this happens when i attempt to send mail and this means the user >>>>> gets rejected because dovecot cant find the user id in the db without the >>>>> correct string (i.e. user@domain): >>>>> localhost dovecot: auth: Debug: sql(admin,xx.xx.xx.xx): query: SELECT id >>>>> as user, crypt as password FROM users WHERE id= 'admin' >>>> What exactly is doing this lookup? SMTP AUTH? Maybe the client's SMTP >>>> authentication is configured without the @domain part in username? >>>> >>> saslauthd via a query in dovecot-sql.conf.ext? >> There is no saslauthd in Dovecot. > > thats correct, its not in dovecot, its installed on the same machine. > but regardless, its salsauthd.
saslauthd doesn't authenticate via Dovecot. It might authenticate via IMAP though. > thanks for trying, but forget it, its clear to me from answers ive received > that nobody has a clue about this problem. guess im on me own. cheers bye! The reason why nobody has a clue is because you haven't provided the full logs. We can only guess what the problem is. With full logs there would be no guessing necessary.
