Juraj Marusiak:
> Hi all,
>
> I have some questions regarding postfix.
>
> 1.
> I need to relay all emails through my ISP mail server which requires
> authentication (AUTH PLAIN LOGIN). In order to achieve this, i assume, i
> need SASL support compiled. Do I really need SASL compiled if i want to send
> mails 'only'? (just to make sure: my server doesn't require authentication,
> it is ISP's server which does)
Yes.
> 2.
> In case SASL is needed for this, which plugin should i compile? (cyrus or
> dovecot)
Only the SASL one supports client authentication.
> 3.
> I compiled my postfix server some time ago and I did not saved "./configure"
> command options. In addition of SASL, i still need to preserve all previous
> features (i don't remember, if i compiled something more than standard). Is
> there a place i can find this command? (e.g. php lists this command in
> phpinfo();)
Stuff is saved to /etc/postfix/makedefs.out.
Wietse
> 4.
> If i run ./configure; make; make install, will this preserve my current
> postfix setup? (main.cf + all other configuration files). Or shall i
> presume, that a complete server reconfiguration is needed?
>
> 5.
> Is there something tricky i should think of before i recompile postfix?
>
> Thx for your help in advance,
>
> Juraj
> <[email protected]>
