Thanks. The current version of Thunderbird auto-detects connection parameters - presumably by trying every combination. All I give is an email address and a password. They also have a manual configuration that I spent a lot of time with. I was never able to do any better than their auto-config.
I've spent two days on this now. During all my trial and error tests I got the ability to receive email to work. Trying to get send to work, after a bunch of trials, I just re-installed the whole thing to start over with a clean slate. I installed a different config. One that had postfix and dovecot pre-configured to work together. That is what I am using now.
Given my experience with all this, I feel confident that Thunderbird is not a factor in the problem.
I have a lot of experience as a programmer but I've only messed with email servers a couple of times over the years. (sendmail in the past.) Each time, unfortunately, it turns into a week-long, trial and effort in order to get it working - never knowing what made it work or what it is even doing.
In terms of the config, I really don't know what I am doing. I think what I want is clear text passwords sent over an SSL connection. Isn't that secure? I don't know the difference between SSL and that TTSL thing. I really don't care how it is setup. I just want it to be reasonably secure and simple.
When installing the dovecot-postfix package on Ubuntu, it is preconfigured to work and it does. It just doesn't allow an external client to send & receive through it. It would be great to have a step-by-step guide to get this, very common need, setup. I see questions about this all over the net but there is no clear answer. Usually people just say they got it working but either son't know or don't fully tell what they did to fix it.
I've got to believe that postfix and dovecot form a great email solution that works well. While it may be easy to setup for someone who is an email expert, it is utterly daunting to someone who is not.
I really appreciate your help. I don't think the problem has anything to do with Thunderbird. It has got to be in the dovecot and postfix config. I am just don't know what to do to determine where the problem is and how to fix it. I would thing that config dumps and log files would give everything needed, but I don't understand them. Assistance from someone with a lot more experience and understanding can make all the difference.
Thanks.
Blake
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@thelounge.net>wrote:
ThunderBird
if you choose "encrypted password" it's in fact CRAM-MD5 that is different in different mail-clients
some let you choose the auth-mech, some have a default and the some doing the right chosse the actual best one available announced by the server
Am 27.03.2014 15:34, schrieb Blake McBride:
I don't know what TB is.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@thelounge.net wrote:
Am 26.03.2014 21:47, schrieb Blake McBride:
Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53 Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: last message repeated 2 times Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53 Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: last message repeated 3 times Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53
what auth-mechs have you configured and how is TB configured? "no auth attempts" in most cases indicates the client don't agree with the auth-mechs offered by the server (PLAUN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, LMTP)
in doubt try that in dovecot.conf auth_mechanisms = CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 APOP LOGIN PLAIN