On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 02:54:25PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote:
> HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER:
> > Mar 19 13:14:09 diablo postfix/smtp[24390]: starting new SASL client
> > Mar 19 13:14:09 diablo postfix/smtp[24390]: smtp_sasl_authenticate:
> > ssmtp.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com[66.185.95.99]: SASL mechanisms LOGIN
> > PLAIN
> ...
> > Mar 19 13:14:09 diablo postfix/smtp[24390]: 0CFC31774E:
> > to=<hollowpoint1999yahoo.com>,
> > relay=ssmtp.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com[66.185.95.99], delay=1,
> > status=deferred (Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to
> > server ssmtp.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com[66.185.95.99]: no mechanism
> > available)
>
> Apparently, neither LOGIN nor PLAIN authentication is acceptable
> for your Postfix machine.

As I said before, I don't know much about SASL (although interested) but
did compile it a few weeks ago, just to see what happens :-) Not linked
in with Postfix here mind you (not yet).

How did you compile the SASL libs? There are various options, some not
default - try ;

./configure --help

AUTH LOGIN is not enabled by default for instance.

--enable-login enable unsupported LOGIN authentication [no]

Might be worth checking ...

From the SASL_README also ;

<quote>
By default, the Postfix SMTP client does not use authentication
methods that send plaintext passwords, and defers delivery with
the following error message: "Authentication failed: cannot SASL
authenticate to server". To enable plaintext authentication specify,
for example:

  /etc/postfix/main.cf:
  smtp_sasl_security_options =

</quote>

Cheers,

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