Guys, i am new to dovecot. I am not able to retrieve email from an account that i just setup.
A. This is the output from /var/log.maillog. ...........................................................
Feb 21 18:01:31 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=POP3 lip=::ffff:60.54.174.146 rip=::ffff:60.50.250.8 resp=<hidden> Feb 21 18:01:31 fwgw dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) Feb 21 18:01:31 fwgw dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(fizan,::ffff:60.50.250.8): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'fizan' Feb 21 18:01:31 fwgw dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(fizan,::ffff:60.50.250.8): unknown user Feb 21 18:01:32 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=3567 Feb 21 18:01:32 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=fizan Feb 21 18:01:32 fwgw dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login: user=<fizan>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:60.50.250.8, lip=::ffff:60.54.174.146
B. This is my /etc/dovecont.conf ............................................
## Dovecot configuration file
protocols = imap pop3
auth default { userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf } passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf } }
first_valid_uid = 89 default_mail_env = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n
# Debugging options
auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes
C. Error Message from the Email Client - Kmail ................................................................
I get a messge saying;
"Could not Login to mail.mesara.biz. The password may be wrong. The server said authentication failed"
D. Other info .............
I am running on a Centos 5.2 box , with postfix 2.3, dovecot 1.0.7, mysql 5.0.45
Pls help. Much appreciated.
Regards. gomez