Thanks for replying. A. configuration: % dovecot -n # 2.2.27 (c0f36b0): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE amd64 ufs disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = mbox:/var/empty:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY mail_privileged_group = mail 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 { args = blocking=no driver = passwd } ssl = no userdb { args = blocking=no driver = passwd override_fields = home=/var/empty }
B. description of problem: When I try to check email, Thunderbird says: Sending of password for user www did not succeed.Mail server xxxresponded: Authentication failed. And on the server, in the mail log, there's a message: dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (user disabled):user=<www>, method=PLAIN And thanks for the link to that Troubleshooting section. I didn't know that was there and will take a look at it now.
Bob
On Saturday, February 4, 2017 3:37 AM, Christian Kivalo <ml+dovecot@valo.at> wrote:Am 4. Februar 2017 00:16:01 MEZ schrieb drbobllc@yahoo.com:
Hi again, I see now it's possible to restricting IMAP/POP3 access, but that shouldn't be enabled. In conf.d/10-auth.conf that's commented out:
#!include auth-deny.conf.ext Please provide doveconf -n output together with a description of your problem.
The wiki also has a page about troubleshooting a dovecot installation. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/FrontPage?action=show&redirect=StartSeite#Troubleshooting
Thanks, Bob
Christian Kivalo