[BlueOnyx:25046] Re: Authenticated smarthost using Postfix

Michael Stauber mstauber at blueonyx.it
Tue Jul 27 11:44:29 -05 2021


Hi Larry,

>   Pretty sure you need an "smtpd_sasl_type" line to go
> with what you have to tell postfix "how" to authenticate.
> Docs says options are listed with the postconf -A command.
> Don't have a BX postfix machine to check but most likely
> yours says dovecot.

That's a good point. I just checked on a 5210R:

[root at 5210r ~]# postconf -A
cyrus

So I guess Colin needs to set 'smtpd_sasl_type = cyrus'.

Using 'dovecot' instead is common, but we use Saslauth for SMTP on both
Sendmail and Postfix.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber



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