* 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...

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