CyrusSASL 2.1.22 + Postfix 2.5 + Outlook 2007

[Dan White]

rgonzalez at gnt.cc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a setup with cyrus-sasl 2.1.22, postfix 2.5.2, mysql 5.0 and 
> clients Outlook 2007.
>
> I applied this patch to cyrus-sasl sources:
>
> http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl&msg=8802 
>
>
> I compiled cyrus-sasl with:
>
> --disable-ntlm (I'm not using NTLM, my passwords are encrypted with 
> crypt+md5 and stored in a MySQL db)
> --enable-login
> --enable-plain
>
> (full configure can be posted if needed)
>
> I compiled postfix to include SASL and SSL support.
>
> Every client but Outlook 2007 works fine. Outlook 2007 fails. I 
> learned that this is caused because it tries to login with NTLM (which 
> I don't support) and fails, and then it doesn't try LOGIN nor PLAIN. 
> Funny enough, version 12.0.4518.1014 works fine in a similar setup 
> where the usernames are just the login, without @domain, but the same 
> version fails if the username es login at domain, which is my first 
> setup. More updated versions, including Office Service Pack 1, always 
> fail.

In my experience Outlook will only attempt to perform an NTLM 
authentication if the "*Log on using Secure Password Authentication" 
(SPA) option is checked.

I haven't used Outlook 2007 though...

- Dan
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