e-mail issues

Virtualmin
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i have a centos os6 64 bit vm running on openvz. I ma having a weird problem.

I am unable to use an external client to send mail to the outgoing(smtp) server:
connect from unknown[73.172.195.40]
Dec 9 18:13:03 web1 postfix/smtpd[5684]: warning: unknown[73.172.195.40]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: authentication failure
Dec 9 18:13:03 web1 postfix/smtpd[5684]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[73.172.195.40]
Dec 9 18:13:03 web1 postfix/smtpd[5684]: disconnect from unknown[73.172.195.40]

I am also unable to receive mail to said domains…i get no errors or anything though the mails just vanish. I have not been able to find anything in the logs. Outgoing is fine though. Any ideas?

2

Directory in which to place saslauthd’s listening socket, pid file, and so

on. This directory must already exist.

SOCKETDIR=/var/run/saslauthd

Mechanism to use when checking passwords. Run “saslauthd -v” to get a list

of which mechanism your installation was compiled with the ablity to use.

MECH=pam

Options sent to the saslauthd. If the MECH is other than “pam” uncomment the next line.

DAEMONOPTS=–user saslauth

Additional flags to pass to saslauthd on the command line.

See saslauthd(8)

for the list of accepted flags.

FLAGS="-n 2"

sasl now fails to start at all complaining about PAM.

3

Howdy,

What output do you receive if you run these commands:

saslauthd -v rpm -qa | grep sasl
4

I’m moving really fast at the moment. I’ve nuked that vm and am retrying a different ubuntu 14.04 image. so far I’ve run debian 6, cent 5 and 6, ubuntu 14.04 all with e-mail problems. I am now trying a highly stripped down minimal ubuntu install image. will see if that takes care of it.

5

ok i have it up and running on cent5 32 bit. I have not tested the e-mail yet. TPNsolutions i’ll contact you tomorrow as i have a series of kids concerts to attend now…:slight_smile:

6

Hi,

No worries, I’m always happy to help with Virtualmin matters.

Best Regards, Peter Knowles TPN Solutions

Email: pknowles@tpnsolutions.com
Phone: 604-229-0715 (new)
Skype: tpnsupport
Website: http://www.tpnsolutions.com