Hi, I have a mail server set up with virtual users and domains, using postfix, courier-IMAP, MySQL, SASL, and SquirrelMail. I followed this guide: http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix When enabling SASL so i can send mail to an enternal email via SMTP on postfix i get this error: Mar 13 23:09:48 SJ-Linux-1 postfix/smtpd[26833]: connect from xxxxxxxxxx Mar 13 23:09:48 SJ-Linux-1 postfix/smtpd[26833]: warning: xxxxxxxxx: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: no mechanism available Mar 13 23:09:48 SJ-Linux-1 postfix/smtpd[26833]: disconnect from xxxxxxxx my mail.cf looks like: Code: # 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 = truefoodlooks.com smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings delay_warning_time = 4h readme_directory = no unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 maximal_queue_lifetime = 7d minimal_backoff_time = 1000s maximal_backoff_time = 8000s smtp_helo_timeout = 60s smtpd_recipient_limit = 16 smtpd_soft_error_limit = 3 smtpd_hard_error_limit = 12 # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_use_tls=no smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. #myhostname = truefoodlooks.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases mydestination = relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 10.0.0.15 mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all mynetworks_style = host local_recipient_maps = # Requirements for the HELO statement smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, warn_if_reject reject_non_fqdn_hostname, reject_invalid_hostname, permit # Requirements for the sender details smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, warn_if_reject reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit # Requirements for the connecting server smtpd_client_restrictions = reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client blackholes.easynet.nl, reject_rbl_client dnsbl.njabl.org # Requirement for the recipient address smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_destination, permit smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_delay_reject = yes disable_vrfy_command = yes alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases virtual_mailbox_base = /var/spool/mail/virtual virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_mailbox.cf virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_alias.cf virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_domains.cf virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes # If your potential clients use Outlook Express or other older clients # this needs to be set to yes broken_sasl_auth_clients = no smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_local_domain = and my smtpd.conf looks like (with user and password correct): Code: pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN log_level: 7 allow_plaintext: true auxprop_plugin: mysql sql_engine: mysql sql_hostnames: 127.0.0.1 sql_user: USER sql_passw: PASSWORD sql_database: maildb sql_select: select crypt from users where id='%u@%r' and enabled = 1 i can receive mail and send mail locally no problem when SASL off, but cant send externally when it is both on and off, what can be wrong?? nat