I have to relay my mail through an SMTP server that uses authentication.

I think I have Postfix configured correctly, but messages I send out get
queued with this error:

    90EC0137A88      337 Thu Jul 16 19:12:09  u...@myhostname.foocorp.net
    (SASL authentication failed; cannot authenticate to server
    smtp.foocorp.net[10.1.1.2]: generic failure) u...@example.org

And the logs say this:

    Jul 16 15:12:09 myhostname postfix/pickup[51310]: 90EC0137A88: 
uid=2124367927 from=<username>
    Jul 16 15:12:09 myhostname postfix/cleanup[51312]: 90EC0137A88: 
message-id=<20090716191209.90ec0137...@myhostname.foocorp.net>
    Jul 16 15:12:09 myhostname postfix/qmgr[51311]: 90EC0137A88: 
from=<usern...@myhostname.foocorp.net>, size=337, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
    Jul 16 15:12:09 myhostname postfix/smtp[51314]: warning: SASL 
authentication failure: GSSAPI Error: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may 
provide more information (No credentials cache found)
    Jul 16 15:12:09 myhostname postfix/smtp[51314]: 90EC0137A88: 
to=<us...@exmaple.org>, relay=smtp.foocorp.net[10.1.1.2]:25, delay=0.02, 
delays=0.01/0/0.01/0, dsn=4.7.0, s tatus=deferred (SASL authentication failed; 
cannot authenticate to server smtp.foocorp.net[10.1.1.2]: generic failure)

My username and password is correct, I have verified this by telnetting
into the SMTP box in question (an Exchange box) and was successfully
able to send an email to the outside world.

The only thing that I can think that could be wrong is that my password
contains a comma and a bang (exclamation point). When I telnetted into
the SMTP server, I had to supply a base64 encoded username and password,
but in the sasl password map, the password is not quoted or escaped in
any way.

This is what it looks like:

    $ cat sasl_passwd            
    smtp.foocorp.net    username:password,withcomma!andbang
    $ postmap -s /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd            
    smtp.foocorp.net username:password,withcomma!andbang

Here is the output of postconf -n:

    command_directory = /usr/sbin
    config_directory = /etc/postfix
    daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
    debug_peer_level = 2
    html_directory = no
    inet_interfaces = loopback-only
    mail_owner = _postfix
    mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
    manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
    message_size_limit = 10485760
    mydomain = $myhostname
    mydomain_fallback = localhost
    myhostname = myhostname.foocorp.net
    mynetworks_style = host
    myorigin = $mydomain
    newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
    queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
    readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
    relayhost = smtp.foocorp.net
    sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
    sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
    setgid_group = _postdrop
    smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
    smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = login
    smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
    smtp_sasl_security_options = 
    unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550

Any help appreciated.

thanks,
Thomas

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