smtp not working

Virtualmin
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This is the output of the maillog:

Feb 26 15:59:59 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: xx.xx.xx.xx: SASL LOGIN authentication aborted Feb 26 15:59:59 host postfix/smtpd[21489]: warning: xx.xx.xx.xx: SASL LOGIN authentication aborted Feb 26 15:59:59 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: xx.xx.xx.xx: SASL LOGIN authentication aborted Feb 26 15:59:59 host postfix/smtpd[21489]: warning: xx.xx.xx.xx: SASL LOGIN authentication aborted Feb 26 15:59:59 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: disconnect from xx.xx.xx.xx Feb 26 16:00:00 host postfix/smtpd[21489]: disconnect from xx.xx.xx.xx Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: connect from xx.xx.xx.xx Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification failed Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: xx.xx.xx.xx: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: generic failure Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification failed Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: xx.xx.xx.xx: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: generic failure Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: xx.xx.xx.xx: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic failure Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: warning: xx.xx.xx.xx: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic failure Feb 26 16:00:01 host postfix/smtpd[21491]: disconnect from xx.xx.xx.xx

i’m using the same username and password as I do for pop (which works). So I have no idea why this wouldn’t. Anyone here have? (Username is just the linux username, but I also tried user@domain.com)

Thanks!

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If you don’t get more specific suggestions, try a Google search for:

postfix cannot connect to saslauthd server

A lot of people have this problem, and you will find many things to try to fix it.