I can't send email !!! Smtp trouble ?!

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#1 Thu, 07/31/2008 - 23:20
umbrianet

I can't send email !!! Smtp trouble ?!

Using Centos 4.6 and Virtualmin GPL

I'm using the "user@domain.com" configuration to access to Pop3 but the same login / password don't work when sending email (I'm using smtp auth, isn't it ?!) and the mail client asking me user and password again and again...

any advice ?!?!?

thanks

L.

Thu, 07/31/2008 - 23:35
umbrianet

I know about the "@" thing on the FAQ, I mean:

<div class='quote'>On very new operating systems (Fedora Core 5 is confirmed to have this issue) the Cyrus saslauthd version defaults to dropping the &quot;@domain.tld&quot; portion of the username before attempting authentication. This, obviously, won't work. The solution is to add the &quot;-r&quot; flag to the saslauthd command. On Red Hat based systems, additional flags can be added in the &quot;FLAGS=&quot; section of the file /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd. This is an orthogonal issue to the Postfix issues, and will occur whether you use Sendmail or Postfix as your mail server.</div>

but I wonder if I have to add also if I have Centos 4....

L.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Post edited by: umbrianet, at: 2008/07/31 23:37

Thu, 07/31/2008 - 23:59 (Reply to #2)
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That's the symptoms you'd expect to see, if you didn't have saslauthd configured for @domain.tld style accounts...so I'd guess the answer is: Try it and see. ;-)

But you would also see pretty clear indicators in the maillog. It'll look like the user is authenticating with just their name rather than the full name@domain.tld.

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Fri, 08/01/2008 - 00:00 (Reply to #3)
umbrianet

Yes :-)

Now it's work with the &quot;-r&quot; flag (after added I rebooted the service).

Thread closed.

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Fri, 08/01/2008 - 00:32 (Reply to #4)
umbrianet

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the server is hanging !!!!

I can see in the process list so many lookup-domain.pl processes !!

can be a trouble about the &quot;-r&quot; option ?!

If i stop postfix now the server is working...

mmmm yes.. I need help :-)

L.

Fri, 08/01/2008 - 09:13 (Reply to #5)
Joe
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No, has nothing to do with the -r option.

Switch to clamdscan in the Email Messages:Spam and Virus Scanning page. spamc also wouldn't hurt. You'll need to start up the spamassassin daemon and clamd daemons first (there will be a button in the page for the latter, as it requires some extra steps...the spamassassin service can be started in the Webmin:System:Bootup and Shutdown page).

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Fri, 08/01/2008 - 00:49 (Reply to #6)
umbrianet

it seems also that I have so many &quot;clamscan&quot; processes ...

Fri, 08/01/2008 - 01:21 (Reply to #7)
umbrianet

Not solved.... but it seems that if I stop postfix the server is working fine...

any ideas ??!

L.

Tue, 08/05/2008 - 01:30 (Reply to #8)
umbrianet

<b>umbrianet wrote:</b>
<div class='quote'>I know about the &quot;@&quot; thing on the FAQ, I mean:

<div class='quote'>On very new operating systems (Fedora Core 5 is confirmed to have this issue) the Cyrus saslauthd version defaults to dropping the &quot;@domain.tld&quot; portion of the username before attempting authentication. This, obviously, won't work. The solution is to add the &quot;-r&quot; flag to the saslauthd command. On Red Hat based systems, additional flags can be added in the &quot;FLAGS=&quot; section of the file /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd. This is an orthogonal issue to the Postfix issues, and will occur whether you use Sendmail or Postfix as your mail server.</div>

but I wonder if I have to add also if I have Centos 4....

L.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Post edited by: umbrianet, at: 2008/07/31 23:37</div>

thanks for your help

L.

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