STMP Auth Failure

[Paul Howarth]

Robin Curts wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>> rcurts at robincurts.com wrote:
>>
>>> I hope I am posting to the correct list.
>>>
>>> I have been trying to set up SMTP and POP3 on a FC3 installation. I have
>>> pop3 working fine and can download my email using outlook or 
>>> thunderbird.
>>>
>>> Sending email is a different story. I have read about 50 web pages about
>>> setting up smtp authentication and they all say (generally) the same
>>> thing, but don't help me out.  I am getting relaying denied errors 
>>> when I
>>> try to send any email from Outlook or Thunderbird.
>>>
>>> I CAN send mail to <my_username>@<hostname_of_box>.com ... but if i send
>>> to an outside domain I get the error.
>>>
>>> The AUTH section of my sendmail.mc file:
>>>
>>> define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A p')dnl
>>> TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`EXTERNAL DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl
>>> define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN
>>> PLAIN')dnl
>>>
>>> When I get a mail failure i get this from /var/log/maillog:
>>>
>>> Feb  4 11:59:34 localhost pop3-login: Login: rcurts [::ffff:4.8.55.148]
>>> Feb  4 11:59:36 localhost sendmail[7892]: j14GxW9N007892:
>>> from=<rcurts at intrastudios.com>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP,
>>> daemon=MTA, relay=[4.8.55.148]
>>>
>>>
>>> I put up my sendmail.mc at
>>> http://www.intrastudios.com/docs/sendmail.mc.txt in case someone had a
>>> thought of something that might be wrong in that file.
>>>
>>> I hope someone has a suggestion. :)
>>
>>
>>
>> What do you have in /usr/lib/sasl2/Sendmail.conf ?
>>
>> I have:
>>
>> pwcheck_method: auxprop
>> mech_list: CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5
>>
>> and I set up SMTP AUTH accounts using:
>>
>> # saslpasswd2 -a Sendmail -c -u <server-hostname> <username>
>>
>> Paul.
>>
> I made my Sendmail.conf look like that, but to no avail. When I attempt 
> to log in I am still getting the relay denied error:
> 
> ( from /var/log/maillog: )
> Feb  4 12:41:59 localhost sendmail[8286]: j14Hf6sq008286: 
> ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=rcurts at robincurts.com, 
> relay=wbar15.tmp1-4-8-050-019.tmp1.dsl-verizon.net [4.8.50.19], 
> reject=550 5.7.1 rcurts at robincurts.com... Relaying denied. Proper 
> authentication required.
> Feb  4 12:42:08 localhost sendmail[8286]: j14Hf6sq008286: 
> from=rcurts at intrastudios.com, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, 
> daemon=MTA, relay=wbar15.tmp1-4-8-050-019.tmp1.dsl-verizon.net [4.8.50.19]
> 
> My email client is requesting a "smtp authentication" too.

But did you actually set up any username/password pair using saslpasswd2?

Paul.