sean darcy writes:

Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: passwd(test1@example.com, ): lookup Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Info: passwd(test1@example.com, ): unknown user Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: passwd-file(test1@example.com, ): lookup: user=test1@example.com file=/etc/dovecot/users Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: master out: USER 2303328257 test1@example.com Oct 22 21:45:55 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<test1@example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip= , lip= , mpid=27062, TLS

I think up to now it's OK (not quite sure about "master out" log entry but it looks innocuous enough). Dovecot reports to have looked in the system password file, failed, then looked in /etc/dovecot/users and found the user and logged them in.

I think the problem happens later and you will have to show the subsequent log entries.

Joseph Tam <jtam.home@gmail.com>