First dovecot install
aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi
aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi
Tue Mar 29 06:11:02 UTC 2016
> On March 29, 2016 at 4:58 AM Jason Pruim <pruimj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I am trying to get postfix and dovecot to talk to each other… postfix is up
> and running, dovecot allows me to telnet into it both locally and remotely,
> but when I try to do: “a login “username” “password” I get an authentication
> failed error… Here is my dovecot -n:
>
Did you check mail logs? Also, I assume you did not include quotes in your login
attempt? Also, remotely telnetting will not work without SSL or non-plaintext
authentication mechanism. Try openssl s_client -connect or telnet to localhost.
>
> I’m planning to use user accounts for it to connect to… I’m guessing I’m
> missing something simple, but I don’t know where to look… Any pointers?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jason Pruim
> pruimj at gmail.com
Aki Tuomi
Dovecot Oy
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