Hi Dan, > It looks like you have specified PLAIN as your only mechanism > within imapd.conf, and I'm guessing you have 'allowplaintext: > yes' set as well. > > LOGIN is more typical within SMTP connections, so I would add it. > I'm not aware of any equivalent 'allowplaintext' option within > Postfix. I don't think you need one. $ grep allowplaintext /etc/imapd.conf allowplaintext: yes $ grep alllowplaintext /etc/postfix/main.cf $ grep plain /etc/postfix/main.cf $ grep text /etc/postfix/main.cf all without printout > You will also need to create a SASL config file for Postfix which > matches this configuration, to get similar authentication > functionality. Typically, you'd create the file > '/etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf' and put these lines into it (I > would add LOGIN): > > mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN > pwcheck_method: saslauthd > auto_transition: no > saslauthd_path: /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux > > however, if you are running your postfix chrooted, which appears > to be the case, then you'll want to change that last line to: > > saslauthd_path: /var/run/saslauthd/mux $ grep saslauthd_path /etc/imapd.conf sasl_saslauthd_path: /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux $ locate mux | grep saslauthd /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux.accept The path is "/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux" $ sudo nano /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf Password: adding following lines on the file: mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN pwcheck_method: saslauthd auto_transition: no sasl_saslauthd_path: /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux $ sudo /etc/init.d/postfix restart * Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix [ ok ] * Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix [ ok ] $ sudo /etc/init.d/saslauthd restart Stopping SASL Authentication Daemon: saslauthd. Starting SASL Authentication Daemon: saslauthd. $ sudo /etc/init.d/cyrus2.2 restart Stopping Cyrus IMAPd: cyrmaster. Waiting for complete shutdown... Starting Cyrus IMAPd: cyrmaster. Start Evolution on local machine. Now users can send and receive mails via/on the server. Thanks again for your assistance B.R. Stephen Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
