Got all the Postfix errors fixed but maybe one, so I don't think that's involved in this mix any more.
I had a domain definition problem, got that sorted.
The accounts' logins are correct. I tried several from the shell, and they let me in.
Here's the minus-n output, not very different from the first time I posted it:
# 2.2.33.2 (d6601f4ec): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.21 (92477967) # OS: Linux 4.15.0-64-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS ext4 base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ first_valid_gid = 109 first_valid_uid = 105 last_valid_gid = 109 last_valid_uid = 105 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_gid = postfix mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vmail/%d/%n mail_uid = postfix namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = " imap lmtp" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 0 service_count = 1 } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { mode = 0666 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { process_limit = 1024 } ssl = required ssl_cert =
These from dovecot.log just keep going round and round.
Oct 24 02:23:57 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts
in 3 secs): user=chrissie@theglobalvoice.info, method=PLAIN,
rip=86.148.44.160, lip=95.142.174.193, TLS, session=<7SCVuZ6VScBWlCyg>
Oct 24 02:25:55 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 2 attempts
in 132 secs): user=yourvoice@theglobalvoice.info, method=PLAIN,
rip=108.41.57.11, lip=95.142.174.193, TLS, session=<ZErquJ6VpMpsKTkL>
Oct 24 02:25:55 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 2 attempts
in 132 secs): user=yourvoice@theglobalvoice.info, method=PLAIN,
rip=108.41.57.11, lip=95.142.174.193, TLS, session=<6bnquJ6VpcpsKTkL>
Oct 24 02:57:58 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 4 attempts
in 43 secs): user=yourvoice@theglobalvoice.info, method=PLAIN,
rip=108.41.57.11, lip=95.142.174.193, TLS, session=