From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GaOOY-00069T-ON for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:16:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9J3EOQk009151; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:14:24 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9J3BXT4002198 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:11:34 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d42so524884pyd for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:11:33 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TkJGTaPgIuUqdhr6AvKjHHWF8Gfhld5djUD66BzVHnPN7ljPrUPqjgo6PItJ6VcsbyJp01RRsfRuFYBxva5E/vR49FywxBnlQBkT9cuZConBojBoBaod+mF+o3fg2+DJGfYUUoYZ+wBbuQCmSRRUr9fIN8pHotDuZ2qt25rvHIw= Received: by 10.35.103.1 with SMTP id f1mr19049573pym; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.81.20 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:11:33 -0700 From: "Joshua Schmidlkofer" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SMTP Authentication In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Archives-Salt: 3b97a436-561a-4311-91ea-a1917389b7ce X-Archives-Hash: 77f93bc32d76ccdd9722a12e864aca2f What does SMTP auth have to do with dovecot or courier imap? What authentication packages are you using? I see one qmail - why qmail? I have tremendous success with postfix, and it's a little more modern, with less patches. I don't know much about dovecot, but Courier is a kmore familiar matter to me. I used it until I figured out how to use Cyrus. Cyrus is a vast improvement over Courier, IMNSHO. My buddy says that dovecot is superior to both. Whatever. So, what is the underlying authentication datastore? On 10/18/06, Me Myself wrote: > On Tue, October 17, 2006 09:42, Tito Valentin wrote: > >Hello list: > > > >I have been trying to get SMTP authentication on Gentoo to work with no > >success. I am running qmail (netqmail package) with dovecot and saslauth. > > I am able to connect and read my mail through IMAP fine. The problem is > >that I cannot send email using my own SMTP server due to an authentication > >issue. Every time we try to send email out we get an error saying that it > >cannot establish a connection because I am not part of the allowed rcphost > >list. I tried adding the remote host in the rcpthosts database but the > >problem persists. The only error I see in the log files for dovecot is > >"Disconnected" > > > >Can anyone point me in the right direction as to why I can't be > >authenticated when sending email out? Another thing is, it keeps > >prompting me for my passwd. > > > >GV > > > >-- > >gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > >List: > > > >Ha, I am having the same problem as Tito Valentin. Is anyone out there > >able to shed some light on this problem? I opted for the use of > >SquirrelMail in the mean time but it would be nice to be able to use > >Thunderbird or Outlook. > > > >Thanks, > > > >///////////////////////////////////////////////// > >Ronald Vincent Vazquez now, this seems very different. Above is SMTP auth - yours seems to be IMAP or POP auth problems. Which is it? Is it just that you cannot send mail? or you can't get it either? > > Hello everyone: > > Please add me to the list of folks who are unable to authenticate smtp. I > am also having this smtp authentication problem though I am using Courier > (IMAP) and not dovecot. It is driving me crazy. What I have done in order > to be able to send mail is to use my ISP's smtp server but I see how some > folks wouldn't want their ISP's servers to be present in their email > headers. > Are you using qmail as well? If so, why qmail? SASL is a bitch at first, it always is. It usually pays to return to the configuration with a fine tooth comb, a fresh mind and lots of patience. I ahve configured many SASL based services, and I usually use Kerberos (GSSAPI) as well, so it's non-trivial. Please post a little more info about each of your specific configurations, because there isn't enough info here to shake a stick at. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list