From: Robert A. Ober (robobrobob.com)
Date: Wed Mar 04 2009 - 16:18:31 CST

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On 3/4/2009 1:57 PM, Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote:
> Robert A. Ober wrote:
>
>> On 3/4/2009 1:06 PM, Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote:
>>
>>> Robert A. Ober wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 3/4/2009 12:32 PM, Robert A. Ober wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 3/4/2009 11:54 AM, Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> FYI: saslauthd is Cyrus not Dovecot
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> Right and that means the type is Cyrus?
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You seem to have had Cyrus working, but want to break it to try to use
>>> Dovecot.
>>>
>>> This thread is going in circles and I am not understanding what you
>>> ultimately want done.
>>>
>>> Postfix can use EITHER Cyrus or Dovecot.
>>> You REALLY should review SASL_README before asking for any more help.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>> Cyrus never allowed me to retrieve email via pop3. I have read the
>> SASL_README. Please understand I am not the expert you folks are and
>> am very tired and distraught.
>>
>> One of the howto's said to use Dovecot + sasl install cyrus-sasl, so
>> I did. Dovecot-auth is running. Should I kill that? If so, how
>> without killing Dovecot?
>>
>
> Cyrus' saslauthd is not used by Dovecot what so ever. Any HOWTO that
> says otherwise is a HOW(not)TO.
> Some here will testament that the official docs are the place to review
> first as some HOWTOs become outdated quickly or are just poor.
>
>> If I want Dovecot for pop3/imap without cyrus-sasl, what do I install
>> for sasl and where is the doc for that? Before I was forced to
>> reload, I had no SASL and pop-before-smtp let pop3 work.
>>
> Dovecot has it's own auth daemon (called dovecot-auth) which you refer to
>
> The sections http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html#server_sasl and
> http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html#server_dovecot
> are usually all it takes to configure Dovecot SASL.
> Any other additions may not work.
>
> Does the /var/spool/postfix/private/auth socket exist and accessible to
> the Postfix user?
>
>
>> I currently have pop3 working offsite with OL2007 and Thunderbird.
>> OL2003 and OLXP get relay access denied when sending. I want to cure
>> the relay access denied for OLXP and OL2003. I have supported many
>> products including some for corporate users but my understanding of
>> how Postfix works is limited.
>>
> Again, this is commented in the SASL_README when it talks about
> broken_sasl_auth_clients
>
> Brian
>

Ok, had a short nap, uninstalled cyrus-sasl and followed the
SASL_README. And it works. The other docs had confused me into
thinking I needed cyrus-sasl.

Thanks to Brian and others for hanging in there with me!

Y'all have some fun,
Robert:-)

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