I'm just guessing as you don't post your entire smtpd.conf:
auth needs a table (in your case "creds", but it misses the <>), which you have to define beforehand and point to your file via the "table" keyword.
At the end of smtpd.conf(5) you have examples. On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 09:07:04PM +0200, Sagar Acharya wrote:
I am hosting with tls-require at port 587 listen on 0.0.0.0 tls-require port 587 pki pkname auth creds In creds, I have for user foo foo\t<smtpctl encrypt foopassword> But when I authenticate using client Monocles mail, I get invalid username or password, with STARTTLS. Logs say smtp authentication user=foo result=permfail smtp failed-command command="AUTH PLAIN (...)" result="535 Authentication failed" What is the issue? Thanking you Sagar Acharya https://humaaraartha.in/selfdost/selfdost.html
