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Re: Do I Want SASL

From: Wietse Venema <wietse_at_nospam>
Date: Thu Mar 24 2011 - 16:52:12 GMT
To: Postfix users <postfix-users@postfix.org>

Carlos Mennens:
> and I think I need SASL authentication (correct me please if I'm
> wrong) and since both Postfix 2.8.1 & Dovecot 2.0.11 are configured /
> using TLS, is there anything else I would need beyond SASL or that you
> recommend for sending email from my Android powered mobile?

TLS + SASL should do the job. Also, it is a good idea to configure
the droid to connect to port 587 instead of 25, as many providers
disallow port 25 traffic (or redirect it to their own SMTP server).

        Wietse