On Sun, 26 Apr 2009, Juha Pahkala wrote: > Wietse Venema wrote: >> Juha Pahkala: >> >>> Wietse Venema wrote: >>> >>>> Juha Pahkala: >>>> >>>>> Apr 24 15:42:30 server postfix/smtpd[8126]: name_mask: noanonymous >>>>> Apr 24 15:42:30 server postfix/smtpd[8126]: >>>>> xsasl_dovecot_server_connect: Connecting >>>>> Apr 24 15:42:40 server postfix/smtpd[8126]: >>>>> xsasl_dovecot_server_connect: auth reply: status >>>>> Apr 24 15:42:50 server postfix/smtpd[8126]: fatal: no SASL >>>>> authentication mechanisms >>>>> >>>> Your DOVECOT configuration provides no authentication mechanisms >>>> that are allowed by POSTFIX smtpd_sasl_security_options. >>>> >>>> Wietse >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks for your answer. I'm not quite sure I understand it though. >>> This is how I understand the situation currently: Postfix has (by >>> default) disabled anonymous auth mechanisms. But it does allow >>> plaintext auth. My dovecot provides plain and login. So if I >>> understand correctly, the dovecot plain should be fine? >>> >> >> Postfix receives no methods from the Dovecot authentication server >> that satisfy the smtpd_sasl_security_options requirement. If you >> don't believe this, then you can try to trace the conversation >> between Postfix and the Dovecot authentication server. >> >> Wietser >> >> > Hi Wietser, > > Don't get me wrong, I do believe you if you say so, but I just don't > understand why. Given my dovecot config, which I believe is a quite > standard way of configuring dovecot , I have no idea why it doesn't > work. I've seen similar config files when searching the web, and they > seem to work. Do you have any suggestions as to what could be wrong with > my dovecot config?
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