[plug] Dovecot login problem

[Paul Dean]

Hi Jon,

Check with your Email client whether you are using SSL/TLS in you auth.

Dovecot by default disables plain auth, `disable_plaintext_auth = yes`, just comment this line out in your dovecot.conf if you wish to enable plain text auth via port 110.

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On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:10:06 +1100
Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:

>"Jon Miller" <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> writes:
>
>> We are using dovecot for pop3 and postfix as the mta.  Whenever a user
>> tries to access the mail remotely tshark is showing ?ERR
>> Authentication failed.  Can anyone explain how to fix this?
>
>The end user should type the correct password.
>
>
>Seriously, you didn't give us anything much to work with here:
>
>You mentioned that postfix is in use, but this seems to be a strictly
>Dovecot related problem, right?
>
>Have you checked the Dovecot logs for any reported errors?
>
>What is the authentication back-end you are using?
>
>Are you sure the user /does/ have the right password?
>
>Does this happen for all users, or just some?
>
>Where are the accounts coming from, the Unix password database, LDAP,
>a virtual store of some kind, or what?
>
>Regards,
>        Daniel
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