[Dovecot] Dovecot - T-Bird - RETR command failed

Calvin Gordon calvin.gordon at sasktel.net
Tue Aug 26 23:05:07 EEST 2008


Update
My mailog post was from an older box, probbaly the same info anyways, 
but here's a new one.
Aug 26 13:58:41 mailserver dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<username>, 
method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:128.1.1.5, lip=::ffff:128.1.1.10
Aug 26 13:58:41 mailserver dovecot: POP3(username): Connection closed 
top=0/0, retr=1/6987, del=0/1, size=6970


Calvin Gordon wrote:
> I have recently installed new untangle firewalls ( untangle.com) in 
> Bridge mode at two office locations. Both offices collect mail from a 
> Fedora 9, postfix,dovecot server at location #1. Since the install of 
> the untangles i have been plagued by Thunderbird Errors while trying 
> to POP email.
>
> The error says "RETR" command failed. If the user logs into the 
> webmail (Squirrelmail) on the mail server and cleans out his inbox by 
> deleting all existing mail, T-Bird starts operating again. This error 
> has repeated itself without a pattern i can identify dozens of time 
> over the last few weeks.
>
> No other email client displays errors.
>
> T-Bird = 2.0.0.16 on XP or Vista OS
> UT = 5.3.0~svn20080624r1690release5.3-1sarge
> Dovecot = Version    : 1.0.15, Release    : 10.fc9
> Postfix = Version    : 2.5.1, Release    : 2.fc9
>
> Dovecot
> tail -f maillog | grep 'username'
>
> Aug 6 13:37:06 mailserver1 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: 
> user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:128.1.1.5, 
> lip=::ffff:128.1.1.10
> Aug 6 13:37:07 mailserver1 dovecot: POP3(username): Disconnected 
> top=0/0, retr=1/2287, del=0/1, size=2270
>
> Has anyone else seen this issue with T-Bird ?
>
>
>
>
> Cal G
>


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