On 1/7/2013 12:32 PM, Gerard Seibert wrote: > My installation of Postfix has been running without a problem for over > two years. Suddenly it refused to accept mail from my MUA > "Claws-Mail." This is the output of the claws mail log: > ... > [13:20:00] ESMTP< 250-AUTH CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN LOGIN > [13:20:00] ESMTP< 250-AUTH=CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN LOGIN
OK, AUTH is offered with CRAM-MD5 and others. > [13:20:00] ESMTP> AUTH CRAM-MD5 > [13:20:00] ESMTP< 334 PDYzNzUyMDA4NC4xNTQwNTYwMEBzY29ycGlvLnNlaWJlcmNvbS5uZXQ+ The client tries to AUTH with CRAM-MD5... > [13:20:00] ESMTP< 535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: no mechanism > available. For assistance, please provide the following information > in your problem report: time (Jan 07 13:20:00), client > (76.182.104.150) and server (scorpio.seibercom.net). ... but CRAM-MD5 is broken. This looks like some sort of problem in the SASL backend. > ~ $ postconf -n ... > dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 Looks as if you're using Dovecot. > smtp_sasl_type = cyrus You've defined cyrus for outgoing SASL. That's probably OK since dovecot doesn't provide outgoing SASL. > smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated > defer_unauth_destination Appears you're using a recent postfix snapshot. Obviously some things have changed in the last 2 years, so "suddenly stopped working" isn't entirely accurate. > smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes > smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes > smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname > smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd > smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous, noplaintext > smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = noanonymous > smtpd_tls_CAfile = /usr/local/etc/postfix/certs/cacert.pem I don't see smtpd_sasl_type listed. The default type is cyrus. Is that what you intend? Looks as if you're using dovecot elsewhere. -- Noel Jones
