On 18.8.2006, at 2.44, LeVA wrote:

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00:49:28 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 DIGEST-MD5
service=POP3 secured lip=192.168.0.202 rip=192.168.0.3 resp=dXNlcm5hbWU9ImxldmEiLHJlYWxtPSIiLG5vbmNlPSJibmtrVGhwQ1VESW5RRDVkS WZYMm9RPT0iLGNub25jZT0iTy9MYndLMVo1dWc4ZURiT2wzaWlhN2ZsTUVTV3MvN1JSc05 HL3JPbzhpND0iLG5jPTAwMDAwMDAyLHFvcD1hdXRoLGRpZ2VzdC11cmk9InBvcC8xOTIuM TY4LjAuMjAyIixyZXNwb25zZT0wMWRkMDNjYTcyMzBmMzM5YjRiY2NlM2VmMTcwMGU4Yw=

<newline> 00:49:28 Info: pop3-login: Aborted login: method=DIGEST-MD5, rip=192.168.0.3, lip=192.168.0.202, TLS <newline> 00:49:28 Info: auth(default): passwd-file /etc/dovecot.passwd: Read 1 users

Does this contain only the "info" lines and no error lines? 1.0beta9
fixed this problem:

     - DIGEST-MD5: Trying to use subsequent authentication crashed
       dovecot-auth.

I think that's your problem. The logs should have said that dovecot- auth crashed though.