[Dovecot] Start using Dovecot

Eric Loyd dovecot at eloyd.org
Wed Dec 19 16:36:32 EET 2007


Isaak,

It sounds as though you are using the stock dovecot-sql.conf file
without making site-specific changes.  Make sure you're setting up the
SQL information properly, especially the query.  Check out
http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/SQL for more information.

On Dec 19, 2007 9:24 AM, Isaak <isaak89 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey,I have recently set up Dovecot on my server but I have trouble with using it.
>
> I'm using Dovecot 1.0.rc15, SQL password and user database with the SQL config files provided on the home page.
>
> I'm using Thunderbird to connect to Dovecot.
>
> When trying to connect it gives me an internal server error: User not found
>
> Is there anything else I need to do before I can use Dovecot?
>
> Here's my configuration, any help would be appreciated.
>
> # /etc/dovecot.conf
> log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log
> info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.info.log
> protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s
> listen(default): *:143
> listen(imap): *:143
> listen(pop3): *:110
> ssl_cert_file: /var/www/ssl/just-click.pem
> ssl_key_file: /var/www/ssl/just-click.pem
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
> login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
> login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
> max_mail_processes: 100
> first_valid_uid: 1000
> last_valid_uid: 1500
> mail_extra_groups: mail
> mail_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> mail_debug: yes
> mbox_read_locks: dotlock fcntl
> mbox_write_locks: dotlock fcntl
> mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
> mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
> mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
> mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
> auth default:
>   verbose: yes
>   debug: yes
>   debug_passwords: yes
>   passdb:
>     driver: sql
>     args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf
>   userdb:
>     driver: sql
>     args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf
>   socket:
>     type: listen
>     client:
>       path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
>       mode: 432
>     master:
>       path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>       mode: 432
>       user: dovecot
>       group: mail
>
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Eric Loyd


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