1 Apr
2010
1 Apr
'10
11:03 p.m.
On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 08:09:30PM +0100, a.smith@ukgrid.net wrote:
yes sounds likely, I am attempting to authenticate using the text: LOGIN username password
(with a tag in front of the command)
With zero logged to the debug log... With courier IMAP this works by default, I guess by default it doesnt work with dovecot...
If you want it, set this in dovecot.conf:
disable_plaintext_auth = no
Basically dovecot is taking the secure approach by default. If the client is connected without encryption, then they should not be sending a plaintext password, as it's easily sniffed. The above config removes this policy.
Or: try making an encrypted (imaps) connection, like this:
openssl s_client -connect 127.0.0.1:993
HTH,
Brian.