* Hagen Fürstenau <hfuerste...@gmx.net>: > Hi, > > I'm using dovecot for SASL authentication: > > smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = > permit_mynetworks > permit_sasl_authenticated > reject_unauth_destination > smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot > smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth-client > > Now if for whatever reason dovecot is not running, smtpd will also > refuse to work, complaining "fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms".
Indeed! > I would much prefer it to fall back to "smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = no" in > that case, so that mail for local recipients can still be received. Is > this possible? It's the one problem we're having here as well: When updating dovecot, postfix won't work due to that... -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de | http://www.charite.de