Bugger I spoke too soon. It seems to have stopped working again. I've now done as evrimfuruncu suggested and used rimap. it's far easier than banging my head against the wall. For anyone interested my steps were;
Edit /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf so that it only conatins; pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: plain login Edit /etc/default/saslauthd and change these lines; MECHANISMS="rimap" MECH_OPTIONS="127.0.0.1" OPTIONS="-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r" Everything is now working and my system is up to date. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cyrus-sasl2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875440 Title: Cannot authenticate with saslauthd and mysql To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cyrus-sasl2/+bug/875440/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
