Difference between revisions of "Set up your mail server for sending"
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== TroubleShooting == | == TroubleShooting == | ||
| − | + | === Authentication not enabled === | |
| + | ;Symptom: | ||
| + | You get | ||
Sending failed: Your SMTP server does not support authentication. The server responded: "5.5.1 Error: authentication not enabled" | Sending failed: Your SMTP server does not support authentication. The server responded: "5.5.1 Error: authentication not enabled" | ||
| + | ;Solution: | ||
You will need to modify /etc/postfix/main.cf, set | You will need to modify /etc/postfix/main.cf, set | ||
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes | smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes | ||
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/etc/init.d/postfix restart | /etc/init.d/postfix restart | ||
| − | + | === generic failure === | |
| + | ;Symptom: | ||
| + | You get | ||
Sending failed. Most likely the password is wrong. The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure" | Sending failed. Most likely the password is wrong. The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure" | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;Solution: | ||
You need to make sure your authentication service has been started: | You need to make sure your authentication service has been started: | ||
/etc/init.d/saslauthd status | /etc/init.d/saslauthd status | ||
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running | running | ||
| − | + | === no authentication mechanism available === | |
| + | ;Symptom: | ||
| + | You get | ||
Sending failed: Your SMTP server does not support The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: no mechanism available" | Sending failed: Your SMTP server does not support The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: no mechanism available" | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;Reson: | ||
You may have | You may have | ||
* plain | * plain | ||
* digest-md5 | * digest-md5 | ||
* cram-md5 | * cram-md5 | ||
| − | as authentication method in kmail. Change this to Login. | + | as authentication method in kmail. |
| + | |||
| + | ;Solution: | ||
| + | Change this to Login. | ||
| − | + | === no worthy mechanisms found === | |
| + | ;Symptom: | ||
| + | You get | ||
Sending failed: An error occurred during authentication: SASL(-4):no mechanism available: No worthy mechs found | Sending failed: An error occurred during authentication: SASL(-4):no mechanism available: No worthy mechs found | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;Reason: | ||
You may have | You may have | ||
* GSSAPI | * GSSAPI | ||
| − | as authentication method in kmail. Change this to Login. | + | as authentication method in kmail. |
| + | |||
| + | ;Solution: | ||
| + | Change this to Login. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === no mail is sent === | ||
| + | ;Symptom: | ||
| + | Nothing happens and no mail is sent | ||
| − | + | ;Reason: | |
| + | You may have | ||
* NTLM | * NTLM | ||
| − | as authentication method in kmail. Change this to Login. | + | as authentication method in kmail. |
| + | |||
| + | ;Solution: | ||
| + | Change this to Login. | ||
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, | smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 31 March 2012
Contents
Sender verification
Now you do not want anyone to be able to use your mail server as spam-catapult. So you need sender verification in your postfix service.
Make sure your authentication service is running:
/etc/init.d/saslauthd status
has to deliver
running
In /etc/postfix/main.cf, set
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
Restart Postfix
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
Start kmail, setup localhost as incoming and outgoing mail server. In kmail, change the sending account's authentication method to "LOGIN". Send a mail to testuser@localhost.
TroubleShooting
Authentication not enabled
- Symptom
You get
Sending failed: Your SMTP server does not support authentication. The server responded: "5.5.1 Error: authentication not enabled"
- Solution
You will need to modify /etc/postfix/main.cf, set
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
and restart postfix:
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
generic failure
- Symptom
You get
Sending failed. Most likely the password is wrong. The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure"
- Solution
You need to make sure your authentication service has been started:
/etc/init.d/saslauthd status
has to deliver
running
no authentication mechanism available
- Symptom
You get
Sending failed: Your SMTP server does not support The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: no mechanism available"
- Reson
You may have
- plain
- digest-md5
- cram-md5
as authentication method in kmail.
- Solution
Change this to Login.
no worthy mechanisms found
- Symptom
You get
Sending failed: An error occurred during authentication: SASL(-4):no mechanism available: No worthy mechs found
- Reason
You may have
- GSSAPI
as authentication method in kmail.
- Solution
Change this to Login.
no mail is sent
- Symptom
Nothing happens and no mail is sent
- Reason
You may have
- NTLM
as authentication method in kmail.
- Solution
Change this to Login.
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated,
reject_unauth_destination,
check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:60000
