Unable to get Dovecot 2.4 to allow unencrypted connection
21 Apr
2026
21 Apr
'26
7:42 a.m.
Hello,
In spite of:
ssl = no auth_allow_cleartext = yes
..in a telnet session, I get:
- OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE LITERAL+ STARTTLS LOGINDISABLED AUTH=GSSAPI AUTH=CRAM-MD5] Dovecot (Debian) ready. a1 login ln@zample.com <super-secret>
- BAD [ALERT] Plaintext authentication not allowed without SSL/TLS, but your client did it anyway. If anyone was listening, the password was exposed. a1 NO [PRIVACYREQUIRED] Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure (SSL/TLS) connections.
I need to see the network traffic to troubleshoot the way Outlook 2019 handles IMAP folders.
Regards, David Koski dkoski@sutinen.com
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