White, Daniel E. (GSFC-770.0)[NICS]:
> On http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html
> it says:
>
> To find out what SASL implementations are compiled into Postfix, use the
> following commands:
>
> % postconf -a (SASL support in the SMTP server)
> % postconf -A (SASL support in the SMTP+LMTP client)
>
> On our RHEL 8 server, postfix 3.5.8-1, dovecot 2.3.8-9, the responses are:
>
> % postconf -a
> cyrus
> dovecot
The above are for RECEIVING email. It IS NOT for DELIVERING email.
> % postconf -A
> cyrus
And the above is for DELIVERING email. It IS NOT for RECEIVING email.
> Checking installed packages, we find
> cyrus-sasl
> cyrus-sasl-gssapi
> cyrus-sasl-lib
> cyrus-sasl-plain
>
> all 2.1.27-5
>
> Does this mean that smtpd_sasl_type should be "cyrus" if we want
> to use LMTP ?
No. The smtpd_xxx parameters are for RECEIVING email.
The LMTP protocol is for DELIVERING email.
> Does this also mean that the rest of the Dovecot SASL setup described
> on the page is worthless ?
No. That text covers RECEIVING email. LMTP is for DELVERING email.
Wietse
