> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Smith [mailto:lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net]
> Sent: 25 June 2006 14:46
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:05863] Re: Authenticated SMTP
>
> On Sunday 25 June 2006 07:49, Colin Jack wrote:
> > > I thought I had configured my servers to use authsmtp by
> > >
> > > 1. following Brian's instructions
> > > http://www.nuonce.net/support/viewthread.php?tid=622 quote:
> > >
> > > By using this script, SMTP-Auth "should" work for you;
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/perl -pi -e "if ( /confAUTH_MECHANISMS/ ) { s/^dnl //; }"
> > > /etc/mail/sendmail.mc /usr/bin/perl -pi -e
> "s/MECH=shadow/MECH=pam/"
> > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/saslauthd /sbin/chkconfig --add saslauthd
> > > /sbin/chkconfig saslauthd on
> > >
> > > service sendmail restart
> > > service saslauthd start
> > >
> > > 2. Set client to log in using same login/passwd as for
> pop3 account
> > >
> > >
> > > .... but it doesn't work.
> > >
> > > Has anybody got this working? If so I would appreciate
> some help on
> > > this one.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Colin
> >
> > Bit more info:
> >
> > The sendmail.cf looks fine
> >
> > O AuthMechanisms=EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN
> >
> > # Authentication realm
> > #O AuthRealm
> >
> > # default authentication information for outgoing connections #O
> > DefaultAuthInfo=/etc/mail/default-auth-info
> >
> > # SMTP AUTH flags
> > O AuthOptions=A
> >
> > # SMTP AUTH maximum encryption strength #O AuthMaxBits
> >
> > and saslauthd
> >
> > MECH=pam
> >
> > Anybody able to help?
> >
> > Colin
>
> Hmmm, did you make sure that saslauthd is started and running
> (or restarted if already up when you changed it to use pam)???
>
> I did this here and it worked right off. What errors (if
> any) are you seeing in the maillogs??? Can you connect on
> port 587 at all ???
> (run netstat -an | less and see if you server is listening
> on port 587).
>
> --
> Larry Smith
> SysAd ECSIS.NET
> sysad (at mark) ecsis.net
>
Hi Larry,
Thakns for the input.
Checked all that without any joy, but then Elmer suggested updating to
the latest test repo (not sure about using cutting edge, but this is a
non-essential server) and hey presto, started working ;)
Colin