Questions tagged [smtp-auth]
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Postfix smtpd won't talk to saslauthd
I have an saslauthd setup to authenticate against PAM. It seems to do its stuff:
root@sasltest:~# testsaslauthd -u quest -p #### -s smtp
0: OK "Success."
I have libsasl 2.1.23, postfix 2.7.1.
I have a postfix configured thus:
smtpd_sasl_type =…

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Postifx: how can someone send e-mail without authorization with this configuration?
Yesterday I found that 10 thousand e-mail messages were sent through my system using this configuration:
http://pastebin.com/bThpH1s8 - main.cf
http://pastebin.com/kkxxsstP - master.cf
I temporarily blocked the whole spamer's ISP's IP range, but…

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Roundcube, Postfix and SMTP authentication (CRAM-MD5) error
I'm having trouble configuring Roundcube with SMTP authentification on Postfix. All the credentials are true, because I have no problem using the e-mail from Thunderbird and my mobile phone e-mail client.
Here is the SMTP configuration for…

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Ruby on Rails application throws SMTP Authentication Error
I'm developing a Rails app which when I run it locally, it's able to send emails through a gmail account via smtp.
When I moved it to my server, it comes up with the following error for example when I try to create a new…

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SMTP Question. Why does send succeed when Authentication fails
I have an application written in .NET framework that sends emails using our STMP server.
I was researching another emailing issue which caused me to look at the SMTP logs.
Here is a sample SMPT log entry...
00:10:35 [64.77.200.185][43483994] rsp:…

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Network Hardware supports SMTP, but no AUTH information... Need to Send emails through SMTP with AUTH
I have a network device that supports sending email notifications, but doesn't provide for the username and password. I would like to point this device to an internal system which would then take care of sending the email using our actual email…

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Postfix+sasslauthd+PAM How can I deny/allow specific users from authenticating?
I have a simple postfix installation on RedHat that's been running fine for years and uses TLS/saslauthd/PAM to allow users to authenticate to relay mail from the external network. All users are local linux accounts, so the saslauthd method using…

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Postfix (SASL) and OpenDMARC-Reports
I am after suggestions on how to implement email sending of OpenDMARC-Reports. The problem I am having, is that (for obvious reasons), I have implemented SASL authentication on the smtpd server for all accounts. I have had a look at the…

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nginx mail module always passing PLAIN method AUTH command to backend
I have implemented a nginx with mail module, and proxy to backend Hmail server. I realized no matter how I disable the auth-methods PLAIN. The nginx is just ignoring it.
How can I force to using smtp_auth login instead? As Hmail server does not…

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Postfix: how to use SASL authentication?
Hi I am trying to use a very simple sasl authentication. I have been testing the method here but still encounter error.
my server is a fresh install server.
And the command I run:
# saslpasswd2 -c -u `postconf -h mydomain` user1
Password:
Again…

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"535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: authentication failure" with postfix and dovecot sasl authentication
I'm testing remote smtp login on a server and keep getting 535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: authentication failure errors in the syslog and mail.log. Postfix is configured to use system user names and passwords.
I generated a user name and…

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Roundcube Webmail
I have an extremely frustrating situation with Roundcube Webmail:
A client of mine has asked for a WordPress server and a full service email system. The email system is registered already, and working in Thunderbird with the following…

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Forward plain-text emails to TLS enabled SMTP server?
I am running old applications that are not supporting any encryption/authentication protocol on outgoing e-mails.
Is it possible to send plain-text emails to a local "relay" server that forward it to a TLS enabled SMTP server?

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How to debug "lost connection after STARTTLS"?
We have a web server which sends mail out via our Postfix relay over a LAN connection. Users from outside our network also send mail out via SMTP AUTH though that relay too.
However, we have a webmail application (Roundcube) on the web server that…

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TLS from unknown: No client certificate presented
We have setup a windows server virtual SMTP (under IIS6 manager). In the SMTP settings, TLS encryption is enabled, fqdn field is "sharepoint.mycompany.com".
In the server's cert store "personal" folder we have the certificate…

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