No AUTH PLAIN with dovecot 2.0.19

[Michael Wechner]

Hi Robert

Thank you for your hint!

Michael

Am 29.09.14 16:09, schrieb Robert Schetterer:
> Am 29.09.2014 um 14:53 schrieb Michael Wechner:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have installed the package dovecot-postfix on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
>>
>> dovecot --version: 2.0.19
>> postconf -d | grep version: 2.9.6
>>
>> and receiving email works very fine, but relaying email does not work.
>>
>> I think the problem is that after STARTTLS the authentication is not
>> being executed
>>
>> 250-AUTH PLAIN
>> 250-AUTH=PLAIN
>>
>> which means using telnet returns
>>
>> telnet mx2.wyona.com 587
>> Trying 50.116.54.197...
>> Connected to node3.wyona.com.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> 220 node3.members.linode.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
>> EHLO letscallitevil.com
>> 250-node3.members.linode.com
>> 250-PIPELINING
>> 250-SIZE 10240000
>> 250-VRFY
>> 250-ETRN
>> 250-STARTTLS
>> 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
>> 250-8BITMIME
>> 250 DSN
>>
>> So far I have used dovecot version 1.2.9, which works very fine, but the
>> configuration
>>
>> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>
>> seems to be very different in the case of dovecot version 2.0.19.
>>
>> I have checked all kind of tutorials for several days now, like for example
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/postfix.html
>>
>> but nothing helped.
>>
>> Any pointers or help is very much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Michael
>>
> However you might fix that problem , it would better go Trusty
> which has more recent version
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/dovecot-core
>
> 2.2.9
>
>
> Best Regards
> MfG Robert Schetterer
>