Walt Shekrota:
> if I telnet localhost smtp I get a lot of seemingly inert debug or trace info 
> in the same log which ultimately gets...
> SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: connection refused

This means one or more of the following:

- The Dovecot authentication server does not listen on the socket
  at /var/spool/postfix/private/auth.

- You have "security" software such as SeLinux, AppArmor, Systrace
  and the like that don't allow Postfix to talk to this socket.

But all that is irrelevant because as documented Dovecot authentication
is available only for RECEIVING email, and your problem is with
SENDING email:

> Mar 24 13:57:27 ubu postfix/smtp[15875]: BAD9F82CB0: 
> to=<penguinac...@gmail.com>, relay=199.224.64.207[199.224.64.207]:25, 
> delay=0.57, delays=0.2/0.03/0.17/0.17, dsn=5.7.1, status=bounced (host 
> 199.224.64.207[199.224.64.207] said: 554 5.7.1 Error: The message could not be

        Wietse

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