Re: Authenticated Email (TLS?)

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011, Matthias Scheler wrote:

> On 6 Nov 2011, at 13:44, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > I'd like to enable authentication on my NetBSD mail server so I can 
> > send mail from the account using my smart phone.
>
> That would be SMTP authentication, not TLS (Transport Layer Security). 
> I would however recommend to configure both because it will make sure 
> that nobody can eavesdrop on your e-mail if you use a mobile network 
> or a public WiFi.

Yes, I meant SASL.  I'd like to get TLS working, too, but first I need 
to be able to authenticate.

> >  I think that all I need is to get the mail/dovecot package
>
> You should really use the "mail/dovecot2" package.

Yes, I have installed dovecot2.0.13nb2 from pkgsrc

> > installed and running (plus some changes to postfix configuration), 
> > but the instructions are rather lengthy and intimidating.
>
> Which instructions did you look at? The instructions in the Dovecot 
> Wiki are IMHO quite simple:
>
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixAndDovecotSASL

I was reading the /usr/share/examples/postfix/SASL_README

The above WiKi is certainly helpful for getting postfix set up, but I 
guess I need more help just getting dovecot itself configured and 
running.  I'll see if I can navigate the Dovecot Wiki ...



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