* * * * *
                                        
                    I think I'd prefer snakes at this point
                                        
It took a bit more than just setting pop3_uidl_format to get Microsoft
[DELETED-Lookout-DELETED] Outlook to fully work with the email system [1] on
the dedicated server. The customer could receive mail, but not send.

I'll spare you the details (namely because I want to spare myself the
details) but to get Outlook to work with dovecot [2] and postfix [3].

In /etc/postfix/main.cf:

> smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination
> smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
> smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname
> smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
> smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
> smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
> 

And in /etc/dovecot.conf:

> ssl_disable = no
> 
> auth default {
>   mechanisms = plain digest-md5 cram-md5 login
>   passdb passwd-file {
>     args = /etc/dovecot-passwd
>   }
>   
>   # and because once isn't enough ... 
> 
>   userdb passwd-file {
>     args = /etc/dovecot-passwd
>   }
> 
>   socket listen {
>     client {
>       path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>       mode = 0660
>       user = postfix
>       group = postfix
>     }
>   }
> }
> 
> # and from yesterday ... 
> 
> pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> 

Oh, and make sure saslauthd is running.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/09/12.1
[2] http://www.dovecot.org/
[3] http://www.postfix.org/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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