Enabling SMTP AUTH on Mac OS X Server 10.4.x

started at 21 Nov 2007 by jlg89
  • jlg89
    21 Nov 2007

    I have postfix 2.4.6 up and running on MOSXS 10.4.11, and TLS/SSL works with POP, IMAP, and SMTP, but I have yet to be able to get SMTP AUTH to work. I'm currently using pop-before-smtp, which works OK, but I really want to add SMTP AUTH. Anybody know the trick for making it work?

  • Richard
    21 Nov 2007

    Straightforward SMTP AUTH is simple. You'll need something to authorize against though. What are your options ? I use a MySQL database in my setup but there are more options. For authorization I use Courier-Auth deamon with Postfix. Have a look at http://www.courier-mta.org/authlib/ where you can check against.

  • jlg89
    21 Nov 2007

    I have all my users in the standard Mac OS X Server Open Directory, so I guess the Courier-Auth daemon can authenticate against that?

  • Richard
    22 Nov 2007

    Yes, I think so. I don't have OSX Server to try this but I think that is an LDAP capable directory server. Can you confirm this ? If you read http://www.courier-mta.org/authlib/README_authlib.html there is an option for LDAP.

    I will look into the options you need to configure for postfix to enable this and will get back to you at a ater time.

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