Chris,
Believe it or not, I did all that. I read the upgrading doc. There really isn't anything there that applies to me. Also, before I even emailed you, I did as instructed and used the sample file as a base, altering it based on my previous conf file.
Furthermore, I looked in the conf file itself for help. Did everything that I thought applied to me (changes shown in original email below).
Pardon my frustration, but the front page of dovecot.org says this...
Dovecot is easy to set up and doesn't require special maintenance. Only thing you need is to get the authentication working properly - if your users are in /etc/passwd there's hardly anything you have to do.
...which is exactly what I have. Yet I have had enormous problems with set up the first time, now I get to start all over again. I couldn't get it to work the first time until you gave me this for the .conf file:
default_mail_env = mbox:/tmp:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY
Now, with the new version, does that change?
Oh, by the way, here's my ./configure options:
./configure --with-pop3d --with-passwd --with-shadow
Cliff
-----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org]On Behalf Of Chris Wakelin Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:27 AM To: Cliff Hayes Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] How to log POP3 events
You need to change more than that! See the Wiki for details
http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/UpgradingDovecot
In particular, the syntax for authdb and passwd has changed, so start with dovecot-example.conf as it suggests and make the equivalent changes to those you made for 0.99.x
Chris
Cliff Hayes wrote:
Chris,
I loaded Alpha 4 and now I'm back to square one. Can't authenticate.
I've turned off Dovecot .99 (chkconfig dovecot off, service dovecot stop), and am using the /usr/local/sbin/dovecot to start
I know I'm editing the correct config file (/usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf) because I changed the name and dovecot noticed.
I've made the following changes to dovecot.conf
protocols = pop3 ssl_disable = yes default_mail_env = default_mail_env = mbox:/tmp:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY mail_extra_groups = mail passdb shadow
When I try to pop from Outlook Express, it keeps prompting me for a password.
HELP!
Cliff
-----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org]On Behalf Of Chris Wakelin Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:05 AM To: chayes@afo.net Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] How to log POP3 events
I'd tend to agree, but Timo is quite conservative with version numbers.
We're running "Dovecot-1.0-stable" in production, which was a "frozen" version of "Dovecot-1.0-testXX" series with important bugfixes backported.
In practice, Dovecot-1.0-alpha4 has less bugs, and is probably now the most "stable" 1.0 version (I'd consider it at least a beta, or even a release candidate). There are lots of bugs in 0.99.x that probably aren't going to get fixed.
Best Wishes, Chris
chayes@afo.net wrote:
Chris,
My policy has always been not to use alphas or betas on production
systems.
What's the projection for Dovecot coming out of beta?
Cliff
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