On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 06:39:23PM -0700, s. keeling wrote: > Background: > > I run fetchmail in a script wrapper called by my user crontab. > Changing the interval at which the cronjob runs to 10 min. instead of > every five minutes broke the implied "POP before SMTP" authorization. > Apparently, my ISP's SMTP times out PbS authorization fairly quickly. > > I'd prefer to have SASL SMTP AUTH working instead of relying on PbS.
Do you have sasl2-bin package installed? > Essentially, this means placing my ISP username and password in > /etc/posfix/sasl_passwd: > > [smtp.nucleus.com]:366 keeling:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > then adding: > > smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes > smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd > smtp_sasl_security_options = > > to /etc/postfix/main.cf, followed by: > > postmap hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd > postfix reload > > and (for the heck of it): > > /etc/init.d/postfix restart > > It had no effect. Changing the crontab fetchmail wrapper interval > back to 5 min. lets it work, but I'd rather smtpd not be dependent on > how often a user cronjob runs. What am I missing, or how do I get > SASL SMTP AUTH working? BTW, I'm trying to get this question to > postfix-users, but that's been somewhat difficult with a broken mail > system (though I am now gaining on it). I use exim recently but when I use postfix, Iwrote following howto for this topic: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch06.en.html#_the_configuration_of_postfix_with_sasl Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101215162416.ga15...@debian.org
