vvrpgsporcupineorg stueckjuergen christoph charset iso88591 unsupported converting hello experienced problem postfix version 229 suse 101 distro postfix started filling syslog whole system broke messages warning sasl authentication failure allwhitespace username warning sasl authentication failed server 1921681992 192168199202 generic failure repeated problem happened trying send mail using postfix sendmail command able reproduce problem also postfix configuration available used problem turned looking code postfix seems hung loop srcsmtpsmtp_sasl_gluec step authentication protocol server tells us done resp smtp_chat_respsessioncode 100 3 saw 250 version loop implemented different way referencing fix 200512 comments reading changelog however could get problem linked fix 200512 therefore id like ask whether known problem already fixed problem might also turn 250 fix 200512 refers complete rewrite postfix 23 sasl code happened december 2005 apparently bugfix backported earlier postfix releases source replace srcsmtpsmtp_sasl_gluec result sasl_ok result sasl_continue msg_warnsasl authentication failed server sessionnamaddr sasl_errstringresult no_sasl_langlist no_sasl_outlang result sasl_ok result sasl_continue vstring_sprintfwhy sasl authentication failed msg_warnsasl authentication failed server sessionnamaddr sasl_errstringresult no_sasl_langlist no_sasl_outlang return 1 wietse wed 06 aug 2008 020824 0500 possible endless loop sasl authentication