<Snip/>However, only the plaintext protocol works correctly (e.g. allows me to login).
If you are using saslauthd, you can only use plaintext authentication mechanism.
<Snip/> OBATA, thanks for the information. What do I need to install to be able to use the other machanisms? Even though I'm using TLS/SSL on the line, I really have reservations about sending usernames and passwords in plaintext.A little background. I'm accepting mail for the domain labthug.com and have all
mail sent to this domain going to a local unix account. I want to be able to authenticate the username and password against the information in /etc/passwd and friends using the pam subsystem. Thanks, Adrian