On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:15:02 -0400 (EDT), Wietse Venema stated: >Jerry: >> Jun 30 10:34:03 scorpio postfix/smtpd[39942]: fatal: no SASL >> authentication mechanisms >... >> smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes >> smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth >> smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous, noplaintext >> smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = noanonymous >> smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot >... >> smtp inet n - n - - smtpd > >The Postfix SMTP server on port 25 uses Dovecot SASL. > >If your Dovecot authentication server supports only LOGIN and >PLAIN, then the smtpd_sasl_security_options will block those, >leaving nothing for Postfix to use. > >Perhaps you forgot to disable SASL on the port 25 service and to >enable SASL only on the submission port when the session is encrypted >with TLS. > >In that case remove the main.cf the line "smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = >yes", and append to the master.cf submission service the following >two lines: > > -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes > -o smtpd_tls_auth_only=yes > >(space or tab before "-o", no space around "="). > > Wietse >
I think I am going to give up and try again later. Even following your advice, it is not working correctly. telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. The connection is closed immediately. maillog: Jun 30 15:24:03 scorpio postfix/master[41640]: daemon started -- version 2.12-20140507, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix Jun 30 15:26:10 scorpio postfix/smtpd[41647]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Jun 30 15:26:10 scorpio postfix/smtpd[41647]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Jun 30 15:26:11 scorpio postfix/master[41640]: warning: process /usr/local/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 41647 exit status 1 Jun 30 15:26:11 scorpio postfix/master[41640]: warning: /usr/local/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling telnet localhost 587 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. 220 scorpio.seibercom.net ESMTP Postfix ehlo seibercom.net 250-scorpio.seibercom.net 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 26214400 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-XVERP 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN "AUTH" is never listed maillog: Jun 30 15:27:42 scorpio postfix/smtpd[41654]: error: open database /etc/postfix/virtual.db: No such file or directory Jun 30 15:27:42 scorpio postfix/smtpd[41654]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Jun 30 15:28:03 scorpio postfix/smtpd[41654]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] I have no idea wher the "/etc/postfix/virtual.db" entry is coming from. All of my Postfix files are in "/usr/local/etc/postfix" Thanks for your help. -- jerry
