help requested with postfix as smtp client + auth

Hi -

I want to send out emails via my isp's smtp server. I added these lines
to my /etc/postfix/main.cf:

relayhost = smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com

smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

Then I created the /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd file:

smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com xxx:xxxxxxx

Then I restarted the postfix server.

I tried to send out an email, and it looks like postfix is not even
trying to do authentication. Here are some lines from
/var/log/mail/info:


Nov 24 14:22:21 frank postfix/master[8647]: terminating on signal 15
Nov 24 14:22:22 frank postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail
system
Nov 24 14:22:22 frank postfix/master[8832]: daemon started -- version
2.0.13
Nov 24 14:23:04 frank postfix/pickup[8837]: E93726EDEC: uid=501
from=<waxmop>
Nov 24 14:23:04 frank postfix/cleanup[8849]: E93726EDEC:
message-id=<20031124192304.GA8839@frank.overlook.homelinux .net>
Nov 24 14:23:05 frank postfix/nqmgr[8838]: E93726EDEC:
from=<waxmop@overlook.homelinux.net>, size=516, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 24 14:23:05 frank postfix/smtp[8851]: E93726EDEC:
to=<matthew.wilson@clev.frb.org>,
relay=smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[66.163.171.137], delay=1, status=bounced
(host smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[66.163.171.137] said: 530 authentication
required - for help go to
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/sbc/ds...op/pop-11.html (in reply to
MAIL FROM command))
Nov 24 14:23:05 frank postfix/cleanup[8849]: B5A216EDEB:
message-id=<20031124192305.B5A216EDEB@frank.overlook.homel inux.net>
Nov 24 14:23:05 frank postfix/nqmgr[8838]: B5A216EDEB: from=<>,
size=2566, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 24 14:23:05 frank postfix/local[8854]: B5A216EDEB:
to=<waxmop@overlook.homelinux.net>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent
("|/usr/bin/procmail -Y -a $DOMAIN")


What am I missing?

Matthew Wilson wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I want to send out emails via my isp's smtp server. I added these lines
> to my /etc/postfix/main.cf:
>
> relayhost = smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
>
> smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
> smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
>
> Then I created the /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd file:
>
> smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com xxx:xxxxxxx
>
> Then I restarted the postfix server.
>
> I tried to send out an email, and it looks like postfix is not even
> trying to do authentication. Here are some lines from
> /var/log/mail/info:
[...]

Classical mistake :-) Correct your "smtpd_sasl_auth_enable" to
"smtp_sasl_auth_enable" and it will work (if your postfix supports sasl).
Don't forget running "postmap sasl_passwd" in your shell before
restarting the server for creating a new postfix-database-file on your
sasl-account(s).

Hint: smtpd_..... is used for authentification for incoming requests.

In article <bptvoc$i3o$03$1@news.t-online.com>, Torsten Stauder wrote:
> "smtp_sasl_auth_enable" and it will work (if your postfix supports sasl).
> Don't forget running "postmap sasl_passwd" in your shell before
> restarting the server for creating a new postfix-database-file on your
> sasl-account(s).

I changed the smtpd to smtp, stoppedd postfix, ran postmap sasl_passwd,
then started postfix, and then sent another test email, and got a
different error message in /var/log/mail/info:

Nov 24 18:58:48 frank postfix/postfix-script: stopping the Postfix mail
system
Nov 24 18:58:48 frank postfix/master[8832]: terminating on signal 15
Nov 24 18:59:10 frank postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail
system
Nov 24 18:59:10 frank postfix/master[9695]: daemon started -- version
2.0.13
Nov 24 19:00:14 frank postfix/pickup[9700]: 1FCEC6EDEC: uid=501
from=<waxmop>
Nov 24 19:00:14 frank postfix/cleanup[9714]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
message-id=<20031125000014.GA9702@frank.overlook.homelinux .net>
Nov 24 19:00:14 frank postfix/nqmgr[9701]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
from=<waxmop@overlook.homelinux.net>, size=489, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 24 19:00:15 frank postfix/smtp[9716]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
to=<mwilson@sarcastic-horse.com>,
relay=smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194], delay=1, status=deferred
(Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to server
smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194]: no mechanism available)
Nov 24 19:32:31 frank postfix/nqmgr[9701]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
from=<waxmop@overlook.homelinux.net>, size=489, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 24 19:32:33 frank postfix/smtp[9801]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
to=<mwilson@sarcastic-horse.com>,
relay=smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194], delay=1939,
status=deferred (Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to
server smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194]: no mechanism available)


I suspect that maybe my postfix install doesn't support sasl. I have
cyrus-sasl installed, and the process is running. Any ideas?

> relay=smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194], delay=1, status=deferred
> (Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to server
> smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194]: no mechanism available)
> Nov 24 19:32:31 frank postfix/nqmgr[9701]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
> from=<waxmop@overlook.homelinux.net>, size=489, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Nov 24 19:32:33 frank postfix/smtp[9801]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
> to=<mwilson@sarcastic-horse.com>,
> relay=smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194], delay=1939,
> status=deferred (Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to
> server smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194]: no mechanism available)
>
>
> I suspect that maybe my postfix install doesn't support sasl. I have
> cyrus-sasl installed, and the process is running. Any ideas?
HI!

Indeed, your postfix doesn't support sasl. I don't know which
distribution you're running linux on. In case of Debian, there's an
extra package (patch) for postfix. In case of suse or redhat - just
install a newer version!
Otherwise you have to compile postfix by your own. That's a little bit
tricky, because you have to have installed plenty of packages for that -
depending on what you want your postfix to support.

I figured out the problem. I run Mandrake 9.2 and I had the cyrus-sasl
package installed, but Mandrake breaks out some portions of that
packages and stores them in other rpms. I ran urpmq sasl and added all
the libsasl2-plug rpms and then restarted postfix and everything worked
fine after that.


In article <bq0fbk$avd$07$1@news.t-online.com>, Torsten Stauder wrote:
>> relay=smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194], delay=1, status=deferred
>> (Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to server
>> smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194]: no mechanism available)
>> Nov 24 19:32:31 frank postfix/nqmgr[9701]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
>> from=<waxmop@overlook.homelinux.net>, size=489, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
>> Nov 24 19:32:33 frank postfix/smtp[9801]: 1FCEC6EDEC:
>> to=<mwilson@sarcastic-horse.com>,
>> relay=smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194], delay=1939,
>> status=deferred (Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to
>> server smtp-sbc.mail.yahoo.com[217.12.12.194]: no mechanism available)
>>
>>
>> I suspect that maybe my postfix install doesn't support sasl. I have
>> cyrus-sasl installed, and the process is running. Any ideas?
> HI!
>
> Indeed, your postfix doesn't support sasl. I don't know which
> distribution you're running linux on. In case of Debian, there's an
> extra package (patch) for postfix. In case of suse or redhat - just
> install a newer version!
> Otherwise you have to compile postfix by your own. That's a little bit
> tricky, because you have to have installed plenty of packages for that -
> depending on what you want your postfix to support.
>
>