I am new to dovecot and would like to setup dovecot with mysql auth. I successfuly installed postfix admin and used the default table structure there, Mail delivery works fine as It gets delivered to mailboxes. My problem is the login, dovecot runs with no errors but I get the error: Mar 14 14:39:43 itecsouth dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) Mar 14 14:40:34 itecsouth dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: rip=41.xxx.xxx.190, lip=41.243.140.153 Mar 14 14:41:14 itecsouth dovecot: pop3-login: Login failed: Plaintext authentication disabled: rip=41.xxx.xxx.190, lip=41.xxx.xxx.153 Mar 14 14:41:14 itecsouth dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: rip=41.xxx.xxx.190, lip=41.xxx.xxx.153 I have tried to change the pass scheme in dovecot-mysql.conf to CRYPT as but says unknown auth_scheme

a copy of my dovecot.conf protocols = pop3 listen = * login_process_size = 64 default_mail_env = maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%d/%u/ mail_extra_groups = postfix verbose_proctitle = yes first_valid_uid = 125 first_valid_gid = 125 mbox_read_locks = fcntl mbox_write_locks = fcntl protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ auth_debug = yes auth_verbose = yes auth default { passdb sql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf } userdb sql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf } }

-- and the dovecot-mysql.conf

# Database driver: mysql, pgsql driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = PLAIN connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=dovecot password=dovecot password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1'