lmtp problem - end of file reached

[Andrew Morgan]

On Thu, 22 May 2008, Ian Eiloart wrote:

> LMTPTEST tells me a little more:
>
>    snow-241 % lmtptest mailstore1.uscs.sussex.ac.uk lmtp
>    S: 220 mailstore1.uscs.susx.ac.uk LMTP Cyrus v2.3.8 ready
>    C: LHLO example.com
>    S: 250-mailstore1.uscs.susx.ac.uk
>    S: 250-8BITMIME
>    S: 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
>    S: 250-PIPELINING
>    S: 250-SIZE 52428800
>    S: 250-AUTH EXTERNAL
>    S: 250 IGNOREQUOTA
>    Authentication failed. no mechanism available
>    Security strength factor: 0
>
> Here, I'm beginning to suspect that the client is giving up because it
> can't authenticate. The  server is started using "-a" which means that
> we're pre-authenticated. I suspect that disabling pre-authentication might
> fix my problem, but will prevent the existing smtp/lmtp cluster from
> delivering email! In this case, I can press ahead and actually deliver the
> email.

If I remember right, the -a option does not do anything when operating in 
a Murder cluster.  It is not too hard to setup LMTP authentication using 
Postfix.  You should be able to setup LMTP auth in your current 
environment, then remove the -a option, and continue with your Murder 
testing.

 	Andy