[Dovecot] How to log POP3 events

[Cliff Hayes]

Chris,

Believe it or not, I did all that.  I read the upgrading doc.  There really
isn't anything there that applies to me.  Also, before I even emailed you, I
did as instructed and used the sample file as a base, altering it based on
my previous conf file.

Furthermore, I looked in the conf file itself for help.  Did everything that
I thought applied to me (changes shown in original email below).

Pardon my frustration, but the front page of dovecot.org says this...

Dovecot is easy to set up and doesn't require special maintenance. Only
thing you need is to get the authentication working properly - if your users
are in /etc/passwd there's hardly anything you have to do.

...which is exactly what I have.  Yet I have had enormous problems with set
up the first time, now I get to start all over again.  I couldn't get it to
work the first time until you gave me this for the .conf file:

default_mail_env = mbox:/tmp:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY

Now, with the new version, does that change?

Oh, by the way, here's my ./configure options:

./configure --with-pop3d --with-passwd --with-shadow

Cliff

-----Original Message-----
From: dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org]On
Behalf Of Chris Wakelin
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:27 AM
To: Cliff Hayes
Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] How to log POP3 events


You need to change more than that! See the Wiki for details

http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/UpgradingDovecot

In particular, the syntax for authdb and passwd has changed, so start
with dovecot-example.conf as it suggests and make the equivalent changes
to those you made for 0.99.x

Chris

Cliff Hayes wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I loaded Alpha 4 and now I'm back to square one.  Can't authenticate.
>
> I've turned off Dovecot .99 (chkconfig dovecot off, service dovecot stop),
> and am using the /usr/local/sbin/dovecot to start
>
> I know I'm editing the correct config file (/usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf)
> because I changed the name and dovecot noticed.
>
> I've made the following changes to dovecot.conf
>
> protocols = pop3
> ssl_disable = yes
> default_mail_env = default_mail_env =
> mbox:/tmp:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY
> mail_extra_groups = mail
> passdb shadow
>
> When I try to pop from Outlook Express, it keeps prompting me for a
> password.
>
> HELP!
>
> Cliff
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org]On
> Behalf Of Chris Wakelin
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:05 AM
> To: chayes at afo.net
> Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] How to log POP3 events
>
>
> I'd tend to agree, but Timo is quite conservative with version numbers.
>
> We're running "Dovecot-1.0-stable" in production, which was a "frozen"
> version of "Dovecot-1.0-testXX" series with important bugfixes backported.
>
> In practice, Dovecot-1.0-alpha4 has less bugs, and is probably now the
> most "stable" 1.0 version (I'd consider it at least a beta, or even a
> release candidate). There are lots of bugs in 0.99.x that probably
> aren't going to get fixed.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Chris
>
> chayes at afo.net wrote:
>
>>Chris,
>>
>>My policy has always been not to use alphas or betas on production
>
> systems.
>
>>What's the projection for Dovecot coming out of beta?
>>
>>Cliff
>>
>>
>
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Christopher Wakelin,                           c.d.wakelin at reading.ac.uk
IT Services Centre, The University of Reading,  Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439
Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK              Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094