root@puter:/etc/postfix/ssl# /etc/init.d/saslauthd start
etc/default/saslauthd: 50: to: not found
  * Starting SASL Authentication Daemon saslauthd
  * No run directory defined for saslauthd, not starting

Make sure your OPTIONS line reads:

OPTIONS="-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"

I copied and pasted the line from the tutorial which shouldn't have happened:

 OPTIONS="-c -m /var/run/saslauthd" to OPTIONS="-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"

doh!