hi,

i can open telnet on port 143 but failing on login user/pass and getting - "login BAD Error in IMAP command received by server."

i assume that i didnt setup properly the authentication method and user/pass does Dovecot can use postfix user/pass ?

less /var/mail/maillog

Nov 3 11:21:45 localhost dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<info>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, secured Nov 3 11:21:45 localhost dovecot: IMAP(info): Connection closed bytes=41/347

[root@fedora ~]# dovecot --version 1.2.6

[root@fedora ~]# dovecot -n # 1.2.6: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586 i686 Fedora release 11 (Leonidas) ext4 protocols: imap pop3 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:/var/mail/%u maildir_very_dirty_syncs: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): imap_client_workarounds(imap): imap_client_workarounds(pop3): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: postmaster@example.com auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd