I am migrating from UW's POP3 server (mbox), to Dovecote (mbox -> maildir).
Anyway, I am concerned about the Logging details offered by Dovecot, as I manage several details from the logging information provided by UW's Syslog information. Here's a sample of the UW information:
Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: pop3 service init from 66.207.133.233 Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: Auth user=aewhale host=ns.ABS-CompTech.com [66.207.133.233] nmsgs=0/0 Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: Logout user=aewhale host=ns.ABS-CompTech.com [66.207.133.233] nmsgs=0 ndele=0
The first time I connected to the server to test the information, I got the following:
Oct 7 20:22:17 ns6 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc26 starting up Oct 7 20:22:37 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<aewhale>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Oct 7 20:23:44 ns6 dovecot: POP3(aewhale): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/800,size=1576887
None of the other connections reported information about the mailbox or the connections. Here is what I see:
Oct 7 20:39:14 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=PLAIN, rip=66.207.133.233, lip=66.207.133.228 Oct 7 20:59:42 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN, rip=71.162.15.2, lip=66.207.133.228 Oct 7 21:39:12 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN, rip=66.207.133.233, lip=66.207.133.228 Oct 7 21:39:42 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN, rip=71.162.15.2, lip=66.207.133.228
I never see the POP3 or Login messages any more. Can someone tell me why? Is this not correctly working on my server yet?
Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant
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