Trying to setup sasl, postfix 2.7, dovecot 1.29. The following is in mail.log fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms warning: deliver_request_get: error receiving common attributes warning: unexpected end-of-input from dovecot socket while reading input attribute name warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 20380 exit status 1 main.cf myorigin = /etc/mailname queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix/ 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 relay_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/relay_recipient_maps.mysql.conf smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_tls_auth_only = no # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. #Enabling SMTP for authenticated users, and handing off authentication to Dovecot smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject_unauth_destination # smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd.db # debug_peer_list = 50.43.121.242 # debug_peer_level = 3 smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/dovecot smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtp_tls_security_level=may smtpd_tls_security_level=may smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unknown_sender_domain smtpd_tls_mandatory_protocols = SSLv3, TLSv1 smtpd_tls_mandatory_ciphers = medium myhostname = mail5.hosting.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases mail5.hosting.com mydestination = localhost, web4.hosting.com, mailin.hosting.com, localhost.localdomain virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-maps.cf virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-maps.cf # virtual_alias_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-domains.cf dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 50.43.121.0/24 # mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all home_mailbox = /var/mail mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -c /etc/dovecot/conf.d/01-dovecot-postfix.conf -n -m "${EXTENSION}" # virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhosts virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail # virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmaps master.cf # ========================================================================== smtp inet n - n - - smtpd submission inet n - n - - smtpd # smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt # -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes # -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject # milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING smtps inet n - n - - smtpd # -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes # -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes # -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject # -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING #628 inet n - - - - qmqpd pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr #qmgr fifo n - - 300 1 oqmgr tlsmgr unix - - n 1000 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce defer unix - - n - 0 bounce trace unix - - n - 0 bounce verify unix - - n - 1 verify flush unix n - n 1000 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap smtp unix - - n - - smtp # When relaying mail as backup MX, disable fallback_relay to avoid MX loops relay unix - - n - - smtp smtp_fallback_relay= # -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5 showq unix n - n - - showq error unix - - - - - error retry unix - - - - - error discard unix - - - - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - - - - lmtp anvil unix - - - - 1 anvil scache unix - - - - 1 scache dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=passass argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} # ==================================================================== # 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=pass 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} dovecot.conf base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ protocols = imap pop3 imaps disable_plaintext_auth = no log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem mail_privileged_group = mail1 login_greeting = my-domain.tld IMAP server ready... ## IMAP specific settings protocol imap { mail_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/rawlog /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } ## POP3 specific settings protocol pop3 { mail_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/rawlog /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv mail_plugins = quota } ## LDA specific settings protocol lda { # Address to use when sending rejection mails. # postmaster_address = <a href="mailto[email protected]">[email protected]</a> # Support for dynamically loadable plugins. mail_plugins is a space separated # list of plugins to load. mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda # UNIX socket path to master authentication server to find users. auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master # Enabling Sieve plugin for server-side mail filtering mail_plugins = sieve quota } ## Plugin settings plugin { quota = maildir sieve=/var/mail/%d/%n/.sieve # autocreate = Trash # autocreate2 = Sent # autocreate3 = Spam # autosubscribe = Trash # autosubscribe2 = Sent # autosubscribe3 = Spam } ## Authentication processes # Executable location # SQL database <doc/wiki/AuthDatabase.SQL.txt> auth_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-auth auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0770 user = vmail group = vmail } client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot mode = 0666 user = postfix group = postfix } } } mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%d/%n ssl = yes Please help Thanks very much and Happy New Year to everyone