Hello everyone,

Some dovecot versions (years!) ago. I've made a rather complicated SQL query that verified some conditions during the SQL passdb checking and returned the usual parameters or "nologin" field signalling some account problem and a text on the "reason" field that were shown to the user telling him the reason of being rejected the login.

Common "reasons" are blocked accounts, suspected brute-force to the user account, historic problems from his IP address, etc.

In the current versions I've found that despite the attributes being set by the SQL query, dovecot no longer seems to signal that to the client application and it ends with some generic "wrong password" causing a lot of confusion and user complains.

I can't find any reference to that (nologin/reason) logic in the current Dovecot documentation.

Is this feature deprecated/removed?

Were that logic changed and documented elsewhere?

regards! stay safe!

Note: running Dovecot 2.3.10.1

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