On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 09:57:55PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote:
> > Is "Dovecot" configured to create the /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
> > socket? Did that happen? Is "Dovecot" willing to support the
> > expected SASL mechanisms (typically "PLAIN")?
> >
> > I have:
> >
> > service auth {
> > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> > group = postfix
> > mode = 0660
> > user = postfix
> > }
> > }
> >
> > passdb {
> > driver = pam
> > }
>
> That's what I have, except my passdb driver is sql. Could that be the
> problem?
Hard to say. This is the postfix-users list, but your current issue
looks like it is Dovecot-related. I am not particularly expert in
Dovecot.
> > There are many other possibilities. Perhaps, instead of doing all
> > the integration work yourself, you may be better off with a "turnkey"
> > email server such as <https://mailinabox.email>?
>
> If I don't do the work, how will I learn?
You can learn something else... Not everyone need be an expert MTA
operator. Learn Rust programming, Haskell, ARM assembly, ...
--
Viktor.
