postfix auth failing

Noah noah-list at enabled.com
Sun May 23 02:43:47 UTC 2021


Hi,
I figured this out.

Cheers,
Noah


On 5/22/21 9:59 AM, Noah wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am getting the following failures when attempting to get thunderbird 
> for outgoing mail.  The tbird configuration is to use port 587 with 
> STARTTLS and the auth method is "normal password".
> 
> I am missing a config setting somewhere.  But where?
> 
> 
> 
> --- main.cf ---
> 
> $ cat main.cf
> # See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete 
> version
> 
> 
> # Debian specific:  Specifying a file name will cause the first
> # line of that file to be used as the name.  The Debian default
> # is /etc/mailname.
> #myorigin = /etc/mailname
> 
> smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
> biff = no
> 
> # appending .domain is the MUA's job.
> append_dot_mydomain = no
> 
> # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
> #delay_warning_time = 4h
> 
> readme_directory = no
> 
> # See http://www.postfix.org/COMPATIBILITY_README.html -- default to 2 on
> # fresh installs.
> compatibility_level = 2
> 
> 
> # TLS parameters
> smtp_tls_security_level = may
> smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
> smtpd_tls_security_level = may
> smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
> smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/<hostname>/fullchain.pem
> smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/<hostname>/privkey.pem
> #smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
> #smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
> 
> smtp_tls_CApath=/etc/ssl/certs
> smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
> 
> 
> smtpd_relay_restrictions =
>               permit_mynetworks,
>               permit_sasl_authenticated,
>                           reject_unauth_destination,
> #                         check_client_access 
> cidr:/etc/postfix/client_checks,
>                           check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023
> 
> 
> myhostname = <hostname>
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> myorigin = /etc/mailname
> mydestination = $myhostname, <hostname>, <hostname>, localhost
> relayhost =
> mynetworks = <IP>/32 [<IPv6>]/128 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 
> [::1]/128
> mailbox_size_limit = 0
> recipient_delimiter = +
> inet_interfaces = all
> inet_protocols = all
> 
> 
> --- master.cf ---
> 
> 
> $ cat master.cf
> #
> # Postfix master process configuration file.  For details on the format
> # of the file, see the master(5) manual page (command: "man 5 master" or
> # on-line: http://www.postfix.org/master.5.html).
> #
> # Do not forget to execute "postfix reload" after editing this file.
> #
> # 
> ==========================================================================
> # service type  private unpriv  chroot  wakeup  maxproc command + args
> #               (yes)   (yes)   (no)    (never) (100)
> # 
> ==========================================================================
> smtp      inet  n       -       y       -       -       smtpd
> #smtp      inet  n       -       y       -       1       postscreen
> #smtpd     pass  -       -       y       -       -       smtpd
> #dnsblog   unix  -       -       y       -       0       dnsblog
> #tlsproxy  unix  -       -       y       -       0       tlsproxy
> submission inet n       -       y       -       -       smtpd
>    -o syslog_name=postfix/submission
>    -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
>    -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
> #  -o smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient=no
> #  -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=
> #  -o smtpd_relay_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
> #  -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING
> #  -o smtpd_tls_auth_only=yes
> #  -o smtpd_client_restrictions=$mua_client_restrictions
> #  -o smtpd_helo_restrictions=$mua_helo_restrictions
> #  -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=$mua_sender_restrictions
> #smtps     inet  n       -       y       -       -       smtpd
> #  -o syslog_name=postfix/smtps
> #  -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes
> #  -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
> #  -o smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient=no
> #  -o smtpd_client_restrictions=$mua_client_restrictions
> #  -o smtpd_helo_restrictions=$mua_helo_restrictions
> #  -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=$mua_sender_restrictions
> #  -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=
> #  -o smtpd_relay_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
> #  -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING
> #628       inet  n       -       y       -       -       qmqpd
> pickup    unix  n       -       y       60      1       pickup
> cleanup   unix  n       -       y       -       0       cleanup
> qmgr      unix  n       -       n       300     1       qmgr
> #qmgr     unix  n       -       n       300     1       oqmgr
> tlsmgr    unix  -       -       y       1000?   1       tlsmgr
> rewrite   unix  -       -       y       -       -       trivial-rewrite
> bounce    unix  -       -       y       -       0       bounce
> defer     unix  -       -       y       -       0       bounce
> trace     unix  -       -       y       -       0       bounce
> verify    unix  -       -       y       -       1       verify
> flush     unix  n       -       y       1000?   0       flush
> proxymap  unix  -       -       n       -       -       proxymap
> proxywrite unix -       -       n       -       1       proxymap
> smtp      unix  -       -       y       -       -       smtp
> relay     unix  -       -       y       -       -       smtp
>          -o syslog_name=postfix/$service_name
> #       -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5
> showq     unix  n       -       y       -       -       showq
> error     unix  -       -       y       -       -       error
> retry     unix  -       -       y       -       -       error
> discard   unix  -       -       y       -       -       discard
> local     unix  -       n       n       -       -       local
> virtual   unix  -       n       n       -       -       virtual
> lmtp      unix  -       -       y       -       -       lmtp
> anvil     unix  -       -       y       -       1       anvil
> scache    unix  -       -       y       -       1       scache
> postlog   unix-dgram n  -       n       -       1       postlogd
> #
> # ====================================================================
> # Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual
> # pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants.
> #
> # Many of the following services use the Postfix pipe(8) delivery
> # agent.  See the pipe(8) man page for information about ${recipient}
> # and other message envelope options.
> # ====================================================================
> #
> # maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details.
> # Also specify in main.cf: maildrop_destination_recipient_limit=1
> #
> maildrop  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
> #
> # ====================================================================
> #
> # Recent Cyrus versions can use the existing "lmtp" master.cf entry.
> #
> # Specify in cyrus.conf:
> #   lmtp    cmd="lmtpd -a" listen="localhost:lmtp" proto=tcp4
> #
> # Specify in main.cf one or more of the following:
> #  mailbox_transport = lmtp:inet:localhost
> #  virtual_transport = lmtp:inet:localhost
> #
> # ====================================================================
> #
> # Cyrus 2.1.5 (Amos Gouaux)
> # Also specify in main.cf: cyrus_destination_recipient_limit=1
> #
> #cyrus     unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
> #  user=cyrus argv=/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -r ${sender} -m ${extension} 
> ${user}
> #
> # ====================================================================
> # Old example of delivery via Cyrus.
> #
> #old-cyrus unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
> #  flags=R user=cyrus argv=/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -m ${extension} ${user}
> #
> # ====================================================================
> #
> # See the Postfix UUCP_README file for configuration details.
> #
> uucp      unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail 
> ($recipient)
> #
> # Other external delivery methods.
> #
> ifmail    unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient)
> bsmtp     unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender 
> $recipient
> scalemail-backend unix    -    n    n    -    2    pipe
>    flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store 
> ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension}
> mailman   unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py
>    ${nexthop} ${user}
> 




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