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

[Timo Sirainen]

On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 19:54 +0100, 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.

http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork

> Besides this, I can't "telnet mydomain.com 110" outside my localhost

You've a firewall in the middle (Ubuntu may have installed it by
default).

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