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Configuring SASL in Postfix

Bug #306289 reported by mexlinux
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Ubuntu Documentation
Fix Released
Undecided
Adam Sommer

Bug Description

The Section "Configuring SASL" in Postfix:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/postfix.html

Indicates how to set it up with enable Dovecot SASL and describe some changes to be made In the auth default section of
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf.

Well, there is an additional change that must be added based on this:
"Another plaintext mechanism is LOGIN. It's typically used only by SMTP servers to let Outlook clients perform SMTP authentication." taken from http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/Mechanisms

So it should say something like this:
In the auth default Section of /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf add "login" in order to let Outlook Clients to make plain text SMTP connections:
  mechanisms = plain login

Tags: serverguide

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/ubuntu-docs
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jscc88 (jscc88-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

i believe that this is not a bug really, i have ubuntu long ago and i never had seen this.

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status: New → Fix Committed
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mexlinux (mcanedo) wrote :

Long ago dovecot was not the default auth method for postfix...

Don't you have login mechanism enabled in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf ?

jscc88 (jscc88-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in ubuntu-doc:
assignee: nobody → sebastiancobaleda
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jscc88 (jscc88-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

maybe this is a kernel problem, because i have recompiled the -24 kernel version and this problem dont be present.

whar is your kernel version?

Changed in ubuntu-doc:
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
Matthew East (mdke)
Changed in ubuntu-doc:
assignee: sebastiancobaleda → nobody
status: Invalid → New
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mexlinux (mcanedo) wrote :

Mi kernel is 2.6.27-10-generic on clean installation.

But I'm not reporting a bug in postfix, dovecot, or any other program.
Im reporting a bug in the documentation.
How to reproduce, make a clean installation of ubuntu desktop 8.10, install postfix as described here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/postfix.html

Then Try to send an email from Outlook with or without password (AUTH) but without encryption (plain text: LOGIN).

Or even make the test proposed in the documentation with telnet mail.example.com 25, etc.
And you will see no LOGIN mechanism.

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Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this, I don't usually deal with the server guide but I'll forward a patch to the chaps who do this weekend. Apologies for the random questions you have had.

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Adam Sommer (asommer) wrote :

I've added instructions to add the "login" mechanism to the /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. Thanks for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

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Adam Sommer (asommer) wrote :

Fix committed to revision 161.

Changed in ubuntu-doc:
assignee: nobody → asommer
status: New → Fix Committed
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Matthew East (mdke) wrote :

This bug was fixed in ubuntu-docs 9.04.2

Changed in ubuntu-doc:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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