On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, mouss wrote:
smtpd_* parameters are used by 'smtpd', the thing that listens for smtp connections. this is what you contact when you telnet or when Thunderbird send mail.
mouss, Mea culpa! I cut this from the README file and pasted it into main.cf without paying close attention.
dovecot is easier to setup. you can use cryus-sasl if you want. but you must configure it correctly. the error you have is that postfix cannot contact saslauthd because of a permission denied. that's the thing to fix.
I installed cyrus-sasl a couple of postfix versions back, so I should learn how to properly configure it. I followed the SASL_README to set it up. Having changed perms to 777 on /var/spool/postfix/var and its subdirectories, I have no idea what other permissions are preventing this from working. I work on the server box as that's my main workstation, too. I've had no problems with mail in or out. The saslauthd permission affects only my wife's attempts to send mail from a different network host. Rich
