[Dovecot] New install authentication probs (Solved)

[a.smith at ukgrid.net]

Hi Brian,

  yes sounds likely, I am attempting to authenticate using the text:
LOGIN username password

and I always recieve the error:

LOGIN BAD Error in IMAP command received by server.

With zero logged to the debug log... With courier IMAP this works by  
default, I guess by default it doesnt work with dovecot...

thanks Andy.

Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com> escribió:

> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 06:50:28PM +0100, Brian Candler wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:21:35AM +0100, Andy Smith wrote:
>> > Update on this problem,
>> > seems the only issue I had was that the telnet method of verifying
>> > IMAP authentication that works on Courier just doesnt work with
>> > Dovecot.
>>
>> What did you use? What did you see in response? Correct syntax is simply
>>
>> a login username password
>
> ... although now I come to think of it, you may need to enable this in
> dovecot.conf first, since by default it won't allow a plaintext login over
> an unsecured channel.
>