[Dovecot] Dovecot LDAP Auth strange mailbox behavior

[Keith Edmunds]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:32:51 -0500
Ryan Bloch <rbloch at 4dnets.com> wrote:

> I am able to use a mail client to login to the pop3 server.  The 
> authentication works, and it logs as a successful login, but no messages 
> download.  I get a response: No New Messages.
> 
> I have checked the user's maildir directory, and there are mails sitting
> in the new directory, so it should download.
> 
> Anyone have any clues?

See if your system really does have POP3 mails waiting:

$ telnet your-system 110
..then log in with:
USER your-username
PASS your-password
LIST

If you get a list of mails then you do have POP3 mails waiting; if you
don't, then you don't.