Re: [gentoo-user] SMTP Authentication

[Ronald Vincent Vazquez]

On Tue, October 17, 2006 09:42, Tito Valentin wrote:
> Hello list:
>
> I have been trying to get SMTP authentication on Gentoo to work with no
> success.  I am running qmail (netqmail package) with dovecot and saslauth.
>  I am able to connect and read my mail through IMAP fine.  The problem is
> that I cannot send email using my own SMTP server due to an authentication
> issue.  Every time we try to send email out we get an error saying that it
> cannot establish a connection because I am not part of the allowed rcphost
> list.  I tried adding the remote host in the rcpthosts database but the
> problem persists.  The only error I see in the log files for dovecot is
> "Disconnected"
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction as to why I can't be
> authenticated when sending email out?  Another thing is, it keeps
> prompting me for my passwd.
>
> GV
>
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List:

Ha, I am having the same problem as Tito Valentin.  Is anyone out there
able to shed some light on this problem?  I opted for the use of
SquirrelMail in the mean time but it would be nice to be able to use
Thunderbird or Outlook.

Thanks,

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Ronald Vincent Vazquez

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