[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.0 POP3 login but no mail

[david at stpenable.com]

I followed Geralds' instructions and dovecot returns "0 0" to stat cmd and "0 messages:" to list. So it thinks there are zero when there are over 40 in "%h/.maildir". I had not changed my config file before reboot so how can this happen? It worked prior to reboot and not after. I get no maillog errors, what next?

Thx.

David

"David Wynter" <david at stpenable.com> wrote ..
> Dovecot is installed on the hosted FC1 server I have, it was working fine
> until yesterday when they had to bounce the server. I can login fine from
> Outlook or connect telnet <hostname> 110. But even though I can see sendmail
> has received mail into my %h/.maildir (via webmail's user mail facility)
> when I log into dovecot via Outlook it does not retrieve any of it.
> 
> I tried from W2K "telnet <hostname> 110", it connects "+OK dovecot ready.",
> then I typed "LOGIN <username> <password>" and i get "-ERR Unknown
> command.". However with Outlook it logs in fine I see in maillog the result,
> no other errors in maillog. Cannot see what is wrong. Here are the important
> bits of my dovecot.conf, everything else is std. i.e. commented out
> 
> protocols = pop3
> login = imap
> login = pop3
> default_mail_env = maildir:%h/.maildir
> client_workarounds = outlook-idle
> mbox_locks = fcntl
> auth = default
> auth_userdb = passwd
> auth_passdb = pam
> auth_user = root
> auth_verbose = yes
> 
> Ideas on where to look next?
> 
> Thx
> 
> David