> > Three questions: > > 1. have you checked to make sure that `hostname --fqdn` returns your > > domain name? > > Yes, it returns the hostname of my Server but the domain name > is not a virtual > host... should it be that? No, shouldn't matter.
> > 2. Did you apply the smtp-auth patch to qmail before running make? > > Yes, i use Gentoo-Linux and the Patch is inluded and qmail should be > patched... I have thought that it could the problem already. OK. Had to ask, anyway. I'm not familiar with Gentoo. > > 3. Are you sure that the path to vchkpw is /var/vpopmail/bin and not > > /home/vpopmail/bin? I think that the default install directory for > > vpopmail is in /home. > > Yes, thats right but in Gentoo they have changed the path > from /home/vpopmail > to /var/vpopmail. I have checked that and vchkpw is in this path. Figured as much. > Is my solution possible? It should be. How are you deducing that amtp-auth is not working? What have you tried?