Some problems with mail setup

I have installed ispconfig3 on centos 5.5 i386 server, I have followed this tutorial http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-centos-5.5-x86_64-ispconfig-3 with the necessary changes for my distribution i386.

In the ispconfig 3 monitor all are green but i can't setup an email account with outlook,

my first problem, I can't telnet 25 port with an other machine, only in localhost

telnet www.lowcoxxxxxx.es 110
Trying 82.194.76.xx...
Connected to www.lowcoxxxxxxx.es.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
quit
+OK Logging out
Connection closed by foreign host.

telnet www.lowcoxxxxxx.es 25
Trying 82.194.76.xx...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

second problem, this error in secure log

Dec 27 12:13:58 hsle-141 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass; user unknown
Dec 27 12:13:58 hsle-141 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot [email protected] rhost=81.202.207.xx
Dec 27 12:13:58 hsle-141 dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user [email protected]

thanks

 

advance

Now i can connect to port 25 can recive mails can send with squirremail, but can't send via smtp

I think that the problem it's on /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf it's empty and /etc/postfix/sasl folder doesn't exists

¿ some help ? thanks in advance

 

thanks for your reply

I install dovecot follow the last comment of tutorial page http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-centos-5.5-x86_64-ispconfig-3-p4

adding to my repository

[atrpms]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - i386 - ATrpms
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el5-i386/atrpms/stable
failovermethod=priority
exclude=dovecot-2*
includepkgs=dovecot dovecot-sieve

#
# requires stable
#
[atrpms-testing]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - i386 - ATrpms testing
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el5-i386/atrpms/testing
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
exclude=dovecot-2*
includepkgs=dovecot dovecot-sieve

#
# requires stable and testing
#
[atrpms-bleeding]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - i386 - ATrpms bleeding

how can i test if my dovecot support mysql, or change authentication from pam to mysql ?

thanks

 

a little more

I think that mysql support is installed, i don't have errors in logs and the configuration file /etc/dovecot-sql.conf it's ok

driver = mysql
connect = host=localhost dbname=dbispconfig user=ispconfig password=73a29d9a6e99472fb89f43xxxxxxxxxxx
default_pass_scheme = CRYPT

password_query = SELECT password FROM mail_user WHERE email = '%u' AND disable%Ls = 'n'
user_query = SELECT email as user, maildir as home, CONCAT('maildir:', maildir, '/Maildir') as mail, uid, gid, CONCAT('maildir:storage=', floor(quota/1024)) AS quota, CONCA$

really ???

the problem it's on dovecot conf file i'm sure, when i installed ispconfig3 the dovecot package wasn't on line and I installed ispconfig without this for work with web server and then install mail server.

that's part of my dovecot.conf

passdb sql {
# Path for SQL configuration file, see doc/dovecot-sql-example.conf
args = /etc/dovecot-sql.conf
}

is it ok ??

disable_plaintext_auth = no (or yes for mysql auth)

 

A little step for humanity, a big step for a man

I little step, I comment

passdb pam{

in dovecot conf and then this is my new error ...

connect from 81.202.207.70.dyn.user.ono.com[81.202.207.70]
Dec 29 17:27:46 hsle-141 postfix/smtpd[25557]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory
Dec 29 17:27:46 hsle-141 postfix/smtpd[25557]: warning: 81.202.207.70.dyn.user.ono.com[81.202.207.70]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic failure
Dec 29 17:27:46 hsle-141 postfix/smtpd[25557]: lost connection after AUTH from 81.202.207.70.dyn.user.ono.com[81.202.207.70]
Dec 29 17:27:46 hsle-141 postfix/smtpd[25557]: disconnect from 81.202.207.70.dyn.user.ono.com[81.202.207.70]

how can I setup my server for login without SASLAUTH DAEMON, if i shut down and other error in maillog appear for inform that saslauthd is off

thanks

 

Solved

Chaplin's error solved,

I comment out this lines and all works fine

smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth

in main.cf

happy new year !!!