On 11/30/2011 12:55 PM, Peter Tselios wrote: > Hallo, > > I would to like to enable SMTP authentication, as an option feature for our > users, but I have some questions before doing so. > 1st: Is it possible to enable it, without Cyrus of Dovecot? I do not want to > install Cyrus of Dovecot on my gateway. You need either Cyrus SASL or Dovecot for Postfix to enable SMTP AUTH.
You do NOT need Cyrus IMAP or other services > 2nd: As far as I understand, there is an option to use SMTP auth for mail > submission only. Right? > You choose how you want to use it. Many administrators enforce (require) SASL on the submission port (587) as well as options to use TLS. Brian