Gary Smithe:
> Hi everyone, I tried checking the archives so I apologize if I
> overlooked the answer.
> I have 2 questions, based on the log snippet below.Note that I
> modified my master.cf to show the port number instead of the word
> "submission" as it makes it easier for me to visualize the flow
> of email. It's obvious the user is failing authentication, and
> from what I've read the word: UGFzc3dvcmQ6 is literally "Password:"
> My question is, does that mean postfix is literally receiving that
> word, or is it obfuscating the real password that was attempted?
> Anything else for tips or advice is also appreciated.
SASL requests and responses are encoded in Base 64. In this case,
Postfix reports an error message from the Cyrus SASL library or
Dovecot authentication server. A search engine will find many posts
that discuss this specific error message.
Wietse
