[Dovecot] Authentication problem - or is it?

[Anne Wilson]

My old server ran v.0.99, and this is the first time I've tried to get v.1 
running.  When I try to test it with telnet I see

telnet localhost 143
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to david.lydgate.lan (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK Dovecot ready.
x login anne xxxxxx
x OK Logged in.
Connection closed by foreign host.

I assumed it was an authentication problem (I want to use /etc/passwd as the 
authentication file) but it does say that I managed to log in.  If so, what 
could be causing it to close immediately?

Anne
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