> > User postfix is not in group sasl. > sadly it is: root@collab:/home/adminlion# grep sasl /etc/group sasl:x:45:cyrus,postfix root@collab:/var/run/saslauthd# ls -al total 976 drwx--x--- 2 root sasl 140 2008-06-12 22:20 . drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 960 2008-06-12 22:21 .. -rw------- 1 root root 0 2008-06-12 22:20 cache.flock -rw------- 1 root root 986112 2008-06-12 22:20 cache.mmap srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2008-06-12 22:20 mux -rw------- 1 root root 0 2008-06-12 22:20 mux.accept -rw------- 1 root root 6 2008-06-12 22:20 saslauthd.pid which means that the exact same setup works for cyrus cheers Bernhard