[Dovecot] Proxying LMTP - Auth PASS lookup failed

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Tue Oct 5 01:27:35 EEST 2010


The problem is that unlike imap/pop3, there is no default port for lmtp. Use:

protocol lmtp {
  passdb {
   driver = static
   args = proxy=y nopassword=y port=1234
  }
}

On 4.10.2010, at 23.23, Edward Carraro wrote:

> Thanks Timo,
> 
> Now in my dovecot log i get:
> lmtp(21186): Error: lmtp client: connect(192.168.12.205, 0) failed:
> Connection refused
> 
> and postfix:
> [private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 451 4.4.0 Remote server not answering (connect)
> (in reply to end of DATA command))
> 
> Do I apply this patch to both the proxy and backend dovecot 2.0.4 servers?
> (i only did proxy right now)
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:
> 
>> On 4.10.2010, at 22.42, Edward Carraro wrote:
>> 
>>> passdb {
>>> driver = static
>>> args = proxy=y nopassword=y
>>> }
>>> 
>>> my dovecot logs show:
>>> auth: Debug: password(user at dev.domain.com): passdb doesn't support
>>> credential lookups
>>> lmtp(1261): Error: user user at dev.domain.com: Auth PASS lookup failed
>> 
>> Let me know if the attached patch fixes it. It compiles, other than that I
>> haven't tested it yet.
>> 
>> 



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