Robert A. Ober wrote: > On 3/4/2009 1:06 PM, Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: >> Robert A. Ober wrote: >> >>> On 3/4/2009 12:32 PM, Robert A. Ober wrote: >>> >>>> On 3/4/2009 11:54 AM, Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: >>>> >> >> >>>> FYI: saslauthd is Cyrus not Dovecot >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> Right and that means the type is Cyrus? >>> >>> Robert >>> >> You seem to have had Cyrus working, but want to break it to try to use >> Dovecot. >> >> This thread is going in circles and I am not understanding what you >> ultimately want done. >> >> Postfix can use EITHER Cyrus or Dovecot. >> You REALLY should review SASL_README before asking for any more help. >> >> Brian >> > Cyrus never allowed me to retrieve email via pop3. I have read the > SASL_README. Please understand I am not the expert you folks are and > am very tired and distraught. > > One of the howto's said to use Dovecot + sasl install cyrus-sasl, so > I did. Dovecot-auth is running. Should I kill that? If so, how > without killing Dovecot?
Cyrus' saslauthd is not used by Dovecot what so ever. Any HOWTO that says otherwise is a HOW(not)TO. Some here will testament that the official docs are the place to review first as some HOWTOs become outdated quickly or are just poor. > > If I want Dovecot for pop3/imap without cyrus-sasl, what do I install > for sasl and where is the doc for that? Before I was forced to > reload, I had no SASL and pop-before-smtp let pop3 work. Dovecot has it's own auth daemon (called dovecot-auth) which you refer to The sections http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html#server_sasl and http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html#server_dovecot are usually all it takes to configure Dovecot SASL. Any other additions may not work. Does the /var/spool/postfix/private/auth socket exist and accessible to the Postfix user? > > I currently have pop3 working offsite with OL2007 and Thunderbird. > OL2003 and OLXP get relay access denied when sending. I want to cure > the relay access denied for OLXP and OL2003. I have supported many > products including some for corporate users but my understanding of > how Postfix works is limited. Again, this is commented in the SASL_README when it talks about broken_sasl_auth_clients Brian
