I am using postfix and dovecot along with zpanel and I tried enabling SSL and then turned it off as I did not have SSL configured yet and I realized it was a bit stupid at the time. I am using CentOS 6.4. I get the following error in the mail log. (I changed my host name to "myhostname" and my domain to "mydomain.com") Oct 20 01:49:06 myhostname postfix/smtpd[4714]: connect from mydomain.com[127.0.0.1] Oct 20 01:49:16 myhostname postfix/smtpd[4714]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Oct 20 01:49:17 myhostname postfix/master[4708]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 4714 exit status 1 Oct 20 01:49:17 amyhostname postfix/master[4708]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Reading on forums and similar questions I figured it was just a service that was not running or installed. However I can see that saslauthd is currently up and running on my system and restarting it does not help. Here is my postfix master.cf # # Postfix master process configuration file. For details on the format # of the file, see the Postfix master(5) manual page. # # ***** Unused items removed ***** # ========================================================================== # service type private unpriv chroot wakeup maxproc command + args # (yes) (yes) (yes) (never) (100) # ========================================================================== smtp inet n - n - - smtpd # -o content_filter=smtp-amavis:127.0.0.1:10024 # -o receive_override_options=no_address_mappings pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup submission inet n - - - - smtpd -o content_filter= -o receive_override_options=no_header_body_checks cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr #qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 oqmgr tlsmgr unix - - n 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce defer unix - - n - 0 bounce trace unix - - n - 0 bounce verify unix - - n - 1 verify flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap smtp unix - - n - - smtp smtps inet n - - - - smtpd # When relaying mail as backup MX, disable fallback_relay to avoid MX loops relay unix - - n - - smtp -o fallback_relay= # -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5 showq unix n - n - - showq error unix - - n - - error discard unix - - n - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp anvil unix - - n - 1 anvil scache unix - - n - 1 scache # # ==================================================================== # Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual # pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants. # ==================================================================== maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient} uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient) ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=foo argv=/usr/local/sbin/bsmtp -f $sender $nexthop $recipient # # spam/virus section # smtp-amavis unix - - y - 2 smtp -o smtp_data_done_timeout=1200 -o disable_dns_lookups=yes -o smtp_send_xforward_command=yes 127.0.0.1:10025 inet n - y - - smtpd -o content_filter= -o smtpd_helo_restrictions= -o smtpd_sender_restrictions= -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject -o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8 -o smtpd_error_sleep_time=0 -o smtpd_soft_error_limit=1001 -o smtpd_hard_error_limit=1000 -o receive_override_options=no_header_body_checks -o smtpd_bind_address=127.0.0.1 -o smtpd_helo_required=no -o smtpd_client_restrictions= -o smtpd_restriction_classes= -o disable_vrfy_command=no -o strict_rfc821_envelopes=yes # # Dovecot LDA dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:mail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} # # Vacation mail vacation unix - n n - - pipe flags=Rq user=vacation argv=/var/spool/vacation/vacation.pl -f ${sender} -- ${recipient} And here is dovecot ## ## Dovecot config file ## listen = * disable_plaintext_auth = no protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve auth_mechanisms = plain login passdb { driver = sql args = /etc/zpanel/configs/dovecot2/dovecot-mysql.conf } userdb { driver = sql } userdb { driver = sql args = /etc/zpanel/configs/dovecot2/dovecot-mysql.conf } mail_location = maildir:/var/zpanel/vmail/%d/%n first_valid_uid = 101 #last_valid_uid = 0 first_valid_gid = 12 #last_valid_gid = 0 #mail_plugins = mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30 secs maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { #mode = 0666 } } service imap { vsz_limit = 256M } service pop3 { } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0666 user = vmail group = mail } # Postfix smtp-auth unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 user = postfix group = postfix } } service auth-worker { } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0666 user = vmail group = mail } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 process_min_avail = 0 vsz_limit = 64M } service managesieve { } lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = [email protected] } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota trash imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail } lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota sieve } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } protocol sieve { managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5 } dict { quotadict = mysql:/etc/zpanel/configs/dovecot2/dovecot-dict-quota.conf } plugin { # quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quotadict quota = maildir:User quota acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls trash = /etc/zpanel/configs/dovecot2/dovecot-trash.conf sieve_global_path = /var/zpanel/sieve/globalfilter.sieve sieve = ~/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /var/zpanel/sieve/ #sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags sieve_max_script_size = 1M #sieve_max_actions = 32 #sieve_max_redirects = 4 } log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log mail_debug=yes ssl = no Does anyone have any ideas or tips on what I can try to get this working? Thanks for all the help EDIT: Output of postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 delay_warning_time = 4 disable_vrfy_command = yes html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = localhost.$mydomain, localhost mydomain = control.yourdomain.com myhostname = control.yourdomain.com mynetworks = all newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.2/README_FILES recipient_delimiter = + relay_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/zpanel/configs/postfix/mysql-relay_domains_maps.cf sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.2/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtp_use_tls = no smtpd_client_restrictions = smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_restrictions = smtpd_use_tls = no soft_bounce = yes transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/zpanel/configs/postfix/mysql-virtual_alias_maps.cf, regexp:/etc/zpanel/configs/postfix/virtual_regexp virtual_gid_maps = static:12 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/zpanel/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/zpanel/configs/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/zpanel/configs/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 101 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:101