[Dovecot] Issue Authenticating to a new dovecot-postfix installation

[Gerard]

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:01:30 +1000
Noel Butler <noel.butler at ausics.net> articulated:

> On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 16:21 -0500, Jerry wrote:
> 
> 
> > > Dunno. Above the private field appears to be "-" (the one after
> > > unix). I don't know why Postfix would see it as "--n".
> > 
> > Maybe asking  Wietse Venema <wietse at porcupine.org> might prove
> > insightful.
> > 
> 
> 
> wouldnt do that, he gets very touchy with people emailing him
> directly, he wants people to sub to his useless err i mean users
> mailing list :)
> 
> 
> I asked him why postfix double lookups and looks up other stuff after
> its got a clear "not here", he said not to email him personally send
> to list, where it was also ignored, so i wouldnt waste my time asking
> him :)

Obviously, I failed to properly clarify what i meant by "asking" in my
original post. I was referring to the Dovecot developer, not the OP.
sorry for the confusion.

Second, I totally disagree with your claim that his mail forum is
useless. I have on several occasions posted quires and received rapid
responses. By the way, I do not remember seeing your post on the forum.
Then again, I might have just missed it. In addition, you do know what
time of the year it is, didn't you? Many individuals like myself have
better things to do than slave over our PCs waiting to answer questions.
Nothing personal; it is just a fact of life.

Might I suggest the following.

1) Read all of the documentation at:
<http://www.postfix.com/DEBUG_README.html>

2) Get a copy of "postfinger"
<http://ftp.wl0.org/postfinger/postfinger-1.30>

Depending on your system, you man have to run it as root. Use it and
save the output.

There is also an SASL test program available at:
<http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/> if you
should ever need it.

Now, post the unedited file you saved from the output of "postfinger"
to the Postfix forum. Include all relevant and unedited log file
entities. I am reasonably sure that you will receive a reply to your
post. Be sure to start a 'new' post. Don't just continue the one you
posted previously.

I hope that this procedure will aid you in finding a solution to your
predicament.

Have a Happy New Year!

--
Gerard
gerard at seibercom.net

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