>> Can I have ssmtp send mail from my laptop to my remote postfix mail >> server without authenticating if the mail is to be delivered to >> dovecot on the same server? > > Yes, if the ISP for the network you're connected todoes not block > port 25, and for some reason your server is not blocking dynamic > IP blocks via the SpamHaus PBL (part of zen.spamhaus.org). > > In practice, that should mean "no". Instead connect to port 587 > and authenticate after STARTTLS. > > You can use Dovectot as the SASL backend for Postfix, which makes > this rather simple to implement as you already have the requisite > accounts and passwords configured.
OK, SASL it is. I'm actually already using saslauthd but was hoping I could turn it off since I'm using webmail now. Is switching from saslauthd to dovecot's SASL a worthwhile endeavor if I'm already using dovecot for IMAP? - Grant
