On 03/08/2017 06:42 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > On 03/08/2017 11:00 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > >> On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Mark Weaver wrote: > >> > >> > Hello all, > >> > > >> > I've been googling my brains out since yesterday looking for > >> > up-to-date information on this matter, and have found > >> > information that is anywhere from 15 to 5 years old. I'd really > >> > like some information that much more up to date on the subject. > >> > Specifically configuring Sendmail SMTP authentication (_no smart > >> > host stuff_). > >> > >> I wrote this article years ago: > >> > >> https://www.madboa.com/geek/sendmail-auth/ > >> > >> The configuration outlined there is essentially unchanged today. I > >> have it running on a CentOS 7 machine with sendmail 8.14. > >> > >> The only real change is the SOCKETDIR setting in > >> /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd, which is now /run/saslauthd (rather than > >> /var/run/saslauthd). And, of course, I use systemctl rather > >> thachkconfig to control boot-time behavior. > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > I followed your guide to the letter, however I think it seems I > > missed something. When I test with telnet to port 25 this is the > > result: > > > >> telnet merlin 25 > > Trying 10.10.3.6... > > Connected to merlin.ciss.local. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > 220 mdw1982.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.7/8.13.8; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 > 16:53:31 -0500 > > ehlo merlin > > 250-mdw1982.com Hello [10.10.3.102], pleased to meet you > > 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES > > 250-PIPELINING > > 250-8BITMIME > > 250-SIZE > > 250-DSN > > 250-ETRN > > 250-DELIVERBY > > 250 HELP > >> auth login > > 504 5.3.3 AUTH mechanism login not available > > > > thoughts? > > Many. :-) > > Check your mail log for clues. > > Ensure you have a valid SSL certificate and key. Sendmail is touchy > about permissions on the key file. Try googling for > confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL and GroupReadableKeyFile. > > Make sure saslauthd is configured and running. > > Compile your .mc (m4) file with the macros distributed with the > version of sendmail you're actually running. This line suggests you're > not: > > mdw1982.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.7/8.13.8 > > That's a first stab at things to try. > I fixed the version mis-match by installing sendmail-cf package and recompiling sendmail.mc. saslauthd is running and conigured according to your specs. So, I'm not sure what's missing.