[SWLUG] SMTP Problems

[Jon Reynolds]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:52:51AM +0000, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Fri Jan 28 09:36:04 2011, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> > During the set up of the account on the client, when entering SMTP
> > details, I am not 100% sure what I should be entering based on how  
> > I set
> > my system up. I set my system up using this guide >
> > http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu8.04-lts-p5
> > 
> > 
> Those instructions are going to tie in your system passwords to your  
> SMTP submission service. That may not be what you want, since you're  
> forced into sending unencrypted passwords - albeit under TLS, but  
> unless you have a certificate (or CA) known to the clients, you're  
> still potentially handing your password to the wrong server.
> 
> While having a common username and password for both system and  
> services seems quite tempting, it's best done by setting up a proper  
> SSO system (like Kerberos), or using a common authentication database  
> backend (like LDAP). I don't recommend either for small sites  
> (unless, like me, you happen to have an X.500 server with an LDAP  
> front-end lying about).
> 
> > Jan 28 09:29:56 jcrdevelopments postfix/smtpd[14285]: warning: SASL
> > authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such  
> > file
> > or directory
> > Jan 28 09:29:56 jcrdevelopments postfix/smtpd[14285]: warning:
> > unknown[109.181.126.59]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic
> > failure
> 
> saslauthd isn't running, or isn't listening on the UNIX domain socket  
> that the library is running on.
> 
> saslauthd's job is to do the root bits required to verify the  
> plaintext password you told it.
> 
> # service saslauthd start
> 
> ... might be all you need.
> 
> Dave.
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Hi Dave,

As per my reply to Justin, I do think saslauthd is running, but your
comment on whether it is listening or not may be something... How would
I find out if it is listening correctly?

Here is my master.cf:

http://www.jcrdevelopments.com/temp/master.cf.txt

Thanks for the answers.

Jon Reynolds