i realize this may be a qmail list question and i have another email in my drafts folder just for the occasion but i thought it would post it here first (people tend to get eaten alive on the qmail list also :). i have set up qmail_smtpauth_qmailqueue_maildir++/vpopmail/mysql.
i can pop in fine: Oct 30 15:59:33 query vpopmail[9467]: vchkpw-pop3: (PLAIN) login success [EMAIL PROTECTED]:209.124.141.171 smtp auth is returning user unknown: Oct 30 15:59:27 query vpopmail[9465]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not found [EMAIL PROTECTED]:209.124.141.171 startups are: /usr/bin/tcpserver -u 63 -g 65 -l -R -H 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd \ query.aptedtech.com /var/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /bin/true & /usr/bin/tcpserver -u 60 -g 60 -l -R -H 0 pop3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup \ query.aptedtech.com /var/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir & smtp-auth literature says qmail-smtpd needs three arguments when started (hostname, pass chekc program, subprogram). i have vpopmail installed with config of: ./configure \ --enable-tcprules-prog=/usr/bin/tcprules \ --enable-tcpserver-file=/var/vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp \ --enable-mysql=y \ --enable-logging=v \ --enable-valias=y \ --enable-many-domains=y \ --enable-auth-logging=y \ --enable-md5-passwords=y \ --enable-clear-passwd=y \ --enable-learn-passwords=y \ --enable-file-sync=y \ --enable-file-locking=y \ --enable-ip-alias-domains=y \ --enable-qmail-ext=y \ --enable-make-seekable=y \ --enable-defaultquota=5242880 vpopmail 5.3.9 Current settings --------------------------------------- vpopmail directory = /var/vpopmail uid = 60 gid = 60 ip alias = ON --enable-ip-alias-domains=y address extentions = ON --enable-qmail-ext=y roaming users = OFF --enable-roaming-users=n default user quota = 5242880 -enable-hardquota=5242880 auth module = mysql --enable-mysql=y mysql replication = OFF --enable-mysql-replication=n default table optimization = many domains --enable-many-domains=y default system passwords = OFF --enable-passwd=n default file locking = ON --enable-file-locking=y default file sync = ON --enable-file-sync=y enable vdelivermail fsync make seekable = ON --enable-make-seekable=y default auth logging = ON --enable-auth-logging=y default mysql logging = OFF --enable-mysql-logging=n default clear passwd = ON --enable-clear-passwd=y (default) users big dir = ON --enable-users-big-dir=y (default) valias processing = ON --enable-valias=y pop syslog = log success and errors including passwords --enable-logging=v default domain = --enable-default-domain= auth inc = -I/usr/include/mysql auth lib = -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz the patches all applied without error to qmail Bill Shupp <www.shupp.org> qmail-maildir++.patch http://www.shupp.org/patches/qmail-maildir++.patch Krzysztof Dabrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Eric M. Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> smtp-auth Patch v. 0.31 http://members.elysium.pl/brush/qmail-smtpd-auth/dist/qmail-smtpd-auth-0.31. tar.gz Bruce Guenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qmail-queue patch http://www.qmail.org/qmailqueue-patch just want to get smtp-auth working but im not really sure where to start looking from here. thanks all. -chris