Installed Postfix, having authentication problem

adi_rulz · 12-05-2008, 09:37 AM

I installed a postfix server, but now I am facing a problem with it. I enabled authentication in it.

Now I configured an accounts in client pc's outlook. Now problem is that when I insert Wrong E-Mail address (of any domain) & wrong reply back address with wrong name but right smtp, pop3, account name & password & sent a mail to any E-Mail ID, the wrong Name & E-Mail address is showing there as a sender email address. I think any name & reply back address we can use, but as a sender email address it must show the right email address, otherwise anyone on same domain can send mail through any person name.

I tried this on Gmail also but there it is working absolutely fine.

Can u help me on this??

halvorls · 12-06-2008, 05:33 AM

Hi!

I have the same problem, but it work on my dovecot server. Can you recive mail?

You must control the DNS options.

In postfix you need Cyrus.

Here is my dovecot mailserver configure file:

At the line auth default { in your exits code, delete auth default { and add the code below:

auth default {
mechanisms = plain login
passdb pam {
}
userdb passwd {
}
socket listen {
client {
path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
mode = 0660
user = postfix
group = postfix
}

}

Now you will have SASL on Dovecot, and you can recive mail in outlook!

Halvor.

billymayday · 12-06-2008, 05:44 AM

Do you really expect people to read a post in oversized bold red text?

Try taking the formatting out.

nathacof · 12-07-2008, 11:16 AM

PostFix/Dovecot Virtual User configuration

We need to know more information about your setup. Can we see an example header of one of these messages? How are you sending these messages? In PHP the sendmail path, can cause these types of issues.

Reference: http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html#server_test