[Dovecot] Can't login in Dovecot, clues needed.

[Seth Mattinen]

Andre Lopes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'am using Ubuntu Server, and I can't get Dovecot working. Please give me a
> clue if you can.
> 
> Ok, my gide to configuration was https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot
> 
> I tryed to "telnet mydomain.com 110", but the authentication fails, give
> this error:
> 
> -ERR Authentication failed.
> 
> 
> Besides this, I can't "telnet mydomain.com 110" outside my localhost
> 
> 
> My mail.log tells this:
> 
> Oct  5 19:25:29 mydomain dovecot: Killed with signal 15
> Oct  5 19:25:29 mydomain dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.10 starting up
> Oct  5 19:29:33 mydomain dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity:
> user=<andre at mydomain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1,
> secured
> 
> 
> What's wrong in here?
> 

You really need to start here:

http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork

~Seth