> > postfix/smtpd[19545]: warning: unknown[xxx.yyy.www.zzz]: SASL LOGIN
> > authentication failed: authentication failure
> 
> I do get those all the time. Users mistyping their passwords,
> usernames, client's getting AUTH all wrong and so on.

OK. 

> > then
> >
> > postfix/smtpd[19545]: lost connection after AUTH from
> > unknown[xxx.yyy.www.zzz]
> 
> The client disconnects. Add that particular client to debug_peer_list
> to see what's going on, but this is not a Postfix problem, it's the
> client which disconnects after authentication doesn't succeed.

I will try to get some more info.

> > But I think that - being "authentication failure" a warning, the smtp
> > dialog shoulnt be broken.
> 
> Seen from an smtpd's point of view, failure to authenticate is not
> fatal, so it is logged as a warning.

Ok

> > Then I ask why the connection with the client is lost?
> 
> Go ask the client's programmers ;-)

I'm going to.. ;-)

rocsca

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