[Dovecot] login BAD Error in IMAP command received by server.

[Yaron B]

thanks,

but now im getting something else :-)

less /var/log/maillog

Nov  4 00:00:01 localhost postfix/smtp[9346]: A56FE19138:
to=<root at localhost.localdomain>, relay=none, delay=0.01, delays=0/0/0.01/0,
dsn=5.4.4, status=bounced (Host or domain name not found. Name service error
for name=localhost.localdomain type=AAAA: Host not found)
Nov  4 00:00:01 localhost postfix/qmgr[3061]: A56FE19138: removed


A56FE19138: to=<root at localhost.localdomain>,

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 11:30 +0200, Yaron B wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > i can open telnet on port 143
> > but failing on login user/pass and getting -
> > "login BAD Error in IMAP command received by server."
> >
> > i assume that i didnt setup properly the authentication method and
> user/pass
> > does Dovecot can use postfix user/pass ?
>
> No. You're just not talking IMAP correctly. You need to give command tag
> before the LOGIN command. http://wiki.dovecot.org/TestInstallation
>
>