Hi Cyril,

On 04/09/2023 09:38, cyril.leclerc@mantiq.com wrote:

hello,

you have this smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = no

in your config

it should be smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes

When I switch that setting to 'yes', I still got

"fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms"

And a postfix server that is the MX for the domain can no longer relay message to this the one below

Sep 04 07:01:01 smtp2 postfix/relay/smtp[186183]: B61CB5FCFF: to=me@example.com, relay=smtp.example.com[1.2.3.4]:587, delay=1.3, delays=0.22/0.01/1.1/0, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (lost connection with smtp.example.com[1.2.3.4] while performing the EHLO handshake)

-- Willy Manga @ongolaboy https://ongola.blogspot.com/

On 4/9/23 14:03, Willy Manga wrote:

"fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms"

try setting in dovecot

auth_debug = yes

auth_verbose = yes

and then restart both services and check logs when the problem occurs.

Also, be aware that dovecot usually 'subcontracts' the auth process to pam, so checking the contents of

/etc/pam.d/dovecot

could be helpful

. On 04/09/2023 11:03, Michel Verdier wrote:

On 2023-09-04, Willy Manga wrote:

...

When I switch that setting to 'yes', I still got

"fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms"

give us ls -l /var/spool/postfix/private/

http://paste.debian.net/1290879/

...

Sep 04 07:01:01 smtp2 postfix/relay/smtp[186183]: B61CB5FCFF: to=me@example.com, relay=smtp.example.com[1.2.3.4]:587, delay=1.3, delays=0.22/0.01/1.1/0, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (lost connection with smtp.example.com[1.2.3.4] while performing the EHLO handshake)

Relay between MTA should be on port 25 with no sasl. Port 587 is for submission with sasl. If you want to stay on 587 you need to setup sasl on the sender.

I changed it to smtp (port 25)

-- Willy Manga @ongolaboy https://ongola.blogspot.com/

. On 04/09/2023 13:00, Jim Popovitch via dovecot wrote:

On September 4, 2023 8:39:33 AM UTC, Willy Manga mangawilly@gmail.com wrote:

...

[...] Since it's possible that you are using Debian or Ubuntu, you should make certain that you have libsasl2-modules installed.

I'm using debian12

It was already installed

root@smtp:~# apt-cache policy libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules: Installed: 2.1.28+dfsg-10 Candidate: 2.1.28+dfsg-10 Version table: *** 2.1.28+dfsg-10 500 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

-- Willy Manga @ongolaboy https://ongola.blogspot.com/

Hi Willy,

On 04.09.23 19:54, Willy Manga wrote:

I updated a little bit my configuration . Here is the current one with at the top the error I get if I try to send over submissions (port 465)

http://paste.debian.net/1290927/

could you please try the following changes:

1. remove

   smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous, noplaintext

   from your main.cf

2. just to be sure, add the follwoing:

   -o smtpd_sasl_security_options=noanonymous

   to both the 'submission' _and_ the 'submissions' entries of your master.cf

3. the submission entry of master.cf is missing an:

   -o smtpd_sasl_type=dovecot

Restart Postfix, have a look at the log and try to send e. g. via submissions / port 465.

Regards, Markus

Hi Willy,

On Mon, 04 Sep 2023 at 09:32:02PM +0000, Willy Manga wrote:

It works now !

thanks for the feedback - I'm glad to hear that it works. :)

Was it because I disabled 'plaintext' while at the same time allowing it through Dovecot?

Not only allowing, you force it ;-):

doveconf -n [...] auth_mechanisms = plain login --------------------^^^^^^^^^^^

But that's OK and the only thing you had to do was enabling plaintext on the Postfix side.

Best regards, Markus

On 5/9/23 14:31, Michel Verdier wrote:

dovecot with PAM needs plaintext method. So if postfix disable it they can't share a method.

You have to be careful to require any plaintext client password to travel over a TLS secured connection

smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes

More generally, it's good practice to use preferred ciphers and protocols. This is part of my postfix configuration:

# TLS parameters

tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom

smtpd_use_tls = yes smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes

smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth

smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

smtp_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_ask_ccert = yes

smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes

smtpd_tls_dh1024_param_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/postfix.dh.param smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.example.com/fullchain.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.example.com/privkey.pem

smtp_tls_cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.example.com/fullchain.pem smtp_tls_key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.example.com/privkey.pem

smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache

# From Redhat # Alternat Protocols TLSv1.2 only

smtpd_tls_mandatory_protocols = !SSLv2 smtpd_tls_protocols = !SSLv2 smtp_tls_mandatory_protocols = !SSLv2 smtp_tls_protocols = !SSLv2

# Ciphers # Currently recommended ciphers, excluding DES-based ciphers to avoid SWEET32 attack # and remove SHA1-based ciphers, leaves SHA256 & SHA256 variations

smtp_tls_exclude_ciphers = EXP, MEDIUM, LOW, DES, 3DES, SSLv2 smtpd_tls_exclude_ciphers = EXP, MEDIUM, LOW, DES, 3DES, SSLv2

tls_high_cipherlist = kEECDH:+kEECDH+SHA:kEDH:+kEDH+SHA:+kEDH+CAMELLIA:kECDH:+kECDH+SHA:kRSA:+kRSA+SHA:+kRSA+CAMELLIA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!SSLv2:!RC4:!MD5:!DES:!EXP:!SEED:!IDEA:!3DES:!SHA

smtp_tls_ciphers = high smtpd_tls_ciphers = high

# End from Redhat