hi all

i'm using fedora core 4, with postfix and dovecot (0.99) installed via yum

i can send mail from the server (using mail), and i can receive mail in my user mailbox on the server

but i can't send email using a client like thunderbird (it won't connect to the smtp server)

and i can't download email from pop3 using thunderbird it always says authentication failed when i try to login

using squirrelmail, it always says username and password incorrect

but i know for sure the username and password are correct

dovecot conf file is as folows

-------imap_listen = [::] -------pop3_listen = [::]

-------imaps_listen = [::] -------pop3s_listen = [::] -------ssl_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/dovecot.pem -------ssl_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem -------mbox_locks = fcntl -------auth = default -------auth_mechanisms = plain -------auth_userdb = passwd -------auth_passdb = pam

-------# i've tried with and without the next line, with no effect -------user = dovecot

everything else is commented out

this is the log file for dovecot -------dovecot: Apr 14 23:34:35 Info: Dovecot starting up -------pop3-login: Apr 14 23:34:52 Info: Disconnected [::ffff:###.##.###.###] -------imap-login: Apr 14 23:35:09 Info: Aborted login [::ffff:127.0.0.1]

my iptables are as follows

-------*filter -------:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] -------:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -------:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] --------A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 993 -j ACCEPT --------A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT --------A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT --------A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 143 -j ACCEPT

--------A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT

let me know, and i'll see if i can post the postfix conf/log file as well

any ideas? thanks dave