Postfix and Dovecot SASL ------------------------ Postfix 2.3 supports SMTP AUTH through <Dovecot SASL> [Sasl.txt] as introduced in the Dovecot 1.0 series. It's very simple to set up: Example dovecot.conf excerpt ---------------------------- ---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb pam { } userdb passwd { } socket listen { client { # Assuming the default Postfix $queue_directory setting path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 # Assuming the default Postfix user and group user = postfix group = postfix } } } ---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example Postfix main.cf excerpt ------------------------------- ---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot # Can be an absolute path, or relative to $queue_directory smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth # and the common settings to enable SASL: smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination ---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: --------- * http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html#server_dovecot (This file was created from the wiki on 2007-06-15 04:42)