Configuration is not working with Thunderbird

Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi
Mon May 22 16:26:29 EEST 2017


> On May 22, 2017 at 4:03 PM Quark <zquark32 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> So, I have this error now:
> 
> May 22 08:54:30 ********** dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth 
> attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=***********, lip=***********, 
> session=<***********>
> 
> I found this:  https://wiki2.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork
> 
> I have this set in my dovecot.conf: disable_plaintext_auth=yes
> 

Do you have auth_mechanisms set? That seems to indicate that the client wasn't happy about the provided authentication options, or you forgot to use STARTTLS with port 143.

Try setting auth_mechanisms = plain login and see if it helps.

Aki

> Same error, even when I try to connect port 143 instead of ssl (993).  
> Any suggestions on what I can do now?
> 
> On 05/22/2017 02:00 AM, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> >
> > On 21.05.2017 20:48, Quark wrote:
> >> Hi, I'm new to the list (and postfix / dovecot), so if I mistakenly
> >> omit something, then please forgive me.
> >>
> >> I cannot log into Thunderbird via IMAP with my configuration. However,
> >> I can check the mail of each user by logging into their user account &
> >> then using the "mail" command.  Is there something that is wrong with
> >> my config to not allow me to log into Thunderbird (Version 52.1.1)?
> >> I'm using Postfix 3.1.0 if that helps.  Any help would be greatly
> >> appreciated.  Thanks!
> >>
> > Please turn on
> >
> > auth_debug=yes
> >
> > and inspect your logs, such as /var/log/syslog or similar, and see what
> > you can find or alternatively post them to list (not the whole log file,
> > mind).
> >
> > Aki


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