ok - making some progress but still not working. Here's the error I'm getting.
2008-01-20 08:06:37 dovecot_plain authenticator failed for bigdog1.junkemailfilter.com ([192.168.2.112]) [209.204.160.104]: 435 Unable to authenticate at present: authentication socket protocol error
Exim side:
dovecot_plain: driver = dovecot public_name = PLAIN server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client server_set_id = $auth1
Dovecot Side:
auth default {
mechanisms = plain
passdb passwd-file { # Master users that can log in as anyone args = /etc/dovecot.masterusers master = yes pass =yes }
# Linuxconf passwd-like file with specified location passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/exim/control/vmail/shadow.%d }
# Linuxconf passwd-like file with specified location userdb passwd-file { args = /etc/exim/control/vmail/passwd.%d }
socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0666 } client { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode = 0666 } } }