I've tried to setup Postfix to use SASL, but it still doesn't seem to be working with Dovecot. I've set things up based on these instructions:

http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/SimpleVirtualInstall http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixAndDovecotSASL http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA

I've compiled Postfix with Dovecot SASL and SSL/TLS support. The problems I'm seeing in Postfix are:

• Virtual users are not being recognized (it'll only delivers mail for local users)
• For mail it does deliver, it uses the local user permissions ( I want it to use the vmail user)
• I had to modify 'mail_spool_directory' to get it to use the /home/vmail/ directory
• For mail delivered to local users, it still doesn't come up in my email client when I check for new mail.

I just keep feeling like the SASL integration is not working. Can anybody shed some light?

DOVECOT config # 1.0.13: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir dotlock_use_excl: yes maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format: %08Xu%08Xv auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=postfix gid=postfix home=/home/vmail/%u socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail

POSTFIX main.cf alias_maps = $alias_database broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 default_privs = nobody html_directory = no inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost mail_owner = postfix mail_spool_directory = /home/vmail/ mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq manpage_directory = /usr/local/man mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain mydomain = $myhostname myhostname = mixermixer3.com newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix/ readme_directory = no sample_directory = /etc/postfix sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail setgid_group = postdrop smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_exceptions_networks = $mynetworks smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.pem smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_mailbox_domains = $myhostname virtual_transport = dovecot

POSTFIX master.cf (just the important lines) smtp inet n - n - - smtpd smtps inet n - n - - smtpd -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${recipient}

THANKS, Jeremy