@Dario - Thanx a million! I just upgraded from Lucid to Precise, had the same authentication problem, followed your edit as described in post 34:
pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: plain login pam allow_plaintext: true auxprop_plugin: sql sql_engine: mysql sql_hostnames: 127.0.0.1 sql_user: [REMOVED] sql_passwd: [REMOVED] sql_database: dbispconfig sql_select: select password from mail_user where login = '%u@%r' My outgoing mail is now unbroken. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875440 Title: Cannot authenticate with saslauthd and mysql To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cyrus-sasl2/+bug/875440/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs