[SOLVED] Postfix sasl issue from client

[diablo2nd]

Hi all,

I have an issue where postfix is setup to use dovecot auth and as far as I know it works, if i login using telnet to the mail server i can authorize myself y providing the base64 encoded user & password. so if i can login, why cant my email clients. have tried thunderbird and evolution.

this is the mail log relavant entries for sucessful login via telnet

Code: (NOTE had to edit ips with --ip-- and emails with xxx an aaa to post)

May 13 23:30:26 horus postfix/smtpd[15207]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[--ip--]: 554 5.7.1 <xxx>: Relay access denied; from=<aaa> to=<xxx> proto=ESMTP helo=<host>
May 13 23:30:58 horus postfix/smtpd[15207]: D2354205CA: client=unknown[--ip--], sasl_method=plain, sasl_username=aaa

and the failed attempt from mail client
Code:

May 13 23:32:07 horus postfix/smtpd[15273]: warning: unknown[--ip--]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: UGFzc3dvcmQ6
May 13 23:32:10 horus postfix/smtpd[15273]: warning: unknown[--ip--]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: UGFzc3dvcmQ6

Login by pop or imap works flawlessly that what i dont get. From what i see it SHOULD be working.

It it changes things, im using buntu server LTS 10.04 (I think thats the version) postfixadmin, postfix, dovecot. passwords and info stored in mysql tables. passwords are md5 encrypted. I thought that may be the issue, but that dosnt make sence.

My best guess is that the email client is not encoding the details corectly.

[diablo2nd]

resolved this issue now, and on too a new issue. new post included