On Friday 25 March 2011 09:09:27 Wietse Venema wrote: > 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
ok :( then I am at fault in understanding. The outgoing process must then be fully contained within postfix and the sasl2-bin. (still?) The above message is the ISP saying "you didn't authenticate". Is smtpd then part of postfix or a package I have failed to get still? Thanks again. -Walt
