OK I'm confused. It looks like I'm connected to the mailbox but when I try to 'Get Messages' now it says that the server has disconnected.

In the mail.log file I see this (again):

Dec 8 12:55:43 softlinksys dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=67.8.3.170, lip=194.163.45.150, mpid=67110, TLS, session=

Dec 8 12:55:43 softlinksys dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=67.8.3.170, lip=194.163.45.150, mpid=67111, TLS, session=

Dec 8 12:55:43 softlinksys dovecot: imap(smoker1@sizzelicks.com)<67110>: Connection closed (No commands sent) in=0 out=387 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0

Dec 8 12:55:43 softlinksys dovecot: imap(smoker1@sizzelicks.com)<67111>: Connection closed (No commands sent) in=0 out=388 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0

 

Please help me.

How can I fix this problem?

 

-----Original Message-----
From: dovecot <dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org> On Behalf Of Robert L Mathews
Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 7:46 PM
To: dovecot@dovecot.org
Subject: Re: Mailbox connection fails: Connection closed (No commands sent) Help please

 

On 12/7/21 2:49 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote:

 

> Use a not expired certificate.

>

> $ openssl s_client -connect 194.163.45.150:993

> CONNECTED(00000003)

> depth=3 O = Digital Signature Trust Co., CN = DST Root CA X3 verify

> error:num=10:certificate has expired notAfter=Sep 30 14:01:15 2021 GMT

 

That error's happening because you (Alexander) are using an old openssl version that has the problem described on:

 

  https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2021/09/13/LetsEncryptRootCertExpire/

 

That's not the problem that the original poster is having unless Thunderbird also has the same problem, which it may; see:

 

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/note-regarding-transition-to-r3-intermediate-with-firefox-or-thunderbird/140049

 

https://www.arcanoae.com/adding-lets-encrypts-new-root-and-intermediate-certificates-to-mozilla-applications/

 

In any case, this works fine with OpenSSL 1.1 or later:

 

  $ openssl s_client -connect mail.sizzelicks.com:993

  ...

  * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE

LITERAL+ AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot (Ubuntu) ready.

 

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Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies, http://www.tigertech.net/