PS:
I also have this line in /var/log/maillog
May 16 20:56:23 blue vpopmail[22654]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not found nick@:127.0.0.1
..which implies that perhaps it's only looking for vpopmail users rather than /etc/passwd users.
I would like it to work for /etc/passwd users only, or both - whichever is easier.
Exactly. Your qmail-smtpd/run file is calling vchkpw as for doing smtp-auth. You should use DJB's checkpasswd program, located here:
http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html
I don't recall if it is installed setuid root or not.. check the documentation about what user qmail-smtpd should run as (the toaster has you runnign as vpopmail:vchkpw, which might not work for this situation).
Regards,
Bill
