On Thu, 22 May 2008, Ian Eiloart wrote: > LMTPTEST tells me a little more: > > snow-241 % lmtptest mailstore1.uscs.sussex.ac.uk lmtp > S: 220 mailstore1.uscs.susx.ac.uk LMTP Cyrus v2.3.8 ready > C: LHLO example.com > S: 250-mailstore1.uscs.susx.ac.uk > S: 250-8BITMIME > S: 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES > S: 250-PIPELINING > S: 250-SIZE 52428800 > S: 250-AUTH EXTERNAL > S: 250 IGNOREQUOTA > Authentication failed. no mechanism available > Security strength factor: 0 > > Here, I'm beginning to suspect that the client is giving up because it > can't authenticate. The server is started using "-a" which means that > we're pre-authenticated. I suspect that disabling pre-authentication might > fix my problem, but will prevent the existing smtp/lmtp cluster from > delivering email! In this case, I can press ahead and actually deliver the > email. If I remember right, the -a option does not do anything when operating in a Murder cluster. It is not too hard to setup LMTP authentication using Postfix. You should be able to setup LMTP auth in your current environment, then remove the -a option, and continue with your Murder testing. Andy ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
