[Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting

[Spyros Tsiolis]

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> From: cc young <bangkokmaco at gmail.com>
> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
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> Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 7:21
> Subject: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting
> 
> cannot get TB to recognize either pop3/s or imap/s server
> 
> can connect just fine with: 
> 
> openssl s_client -connect ms1.myserver.net:993
> . login ...
> 
> but trying with TB /var/log/mail.log gets:
> 
> dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234,
> lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx
> dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234,
> lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx
> 
> 
> 
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Thunderbird is not the best of clients out there.
It's ok but not the best.

I am using TB on my sites and found out that it has many issues.
Can you be a bit more specific ?
Are you trying to connect to Secure IMAP ? (993) on dovecot ?

In that case, as far as I remember you have to "fool" Thunderbird
during the mail account set up process. 

It's a bit crazy, I know but it's true. I have documented everything.
Let me know where the hickup is and I'll try to get the docs and
let you know how to work around this.

HTH,



s.





 
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