Works fine with me.. Only thing I can think of is that it's some stupid configuration mistake, like not uncommenting the line :)

Hi Timo,

I just (double) checked my config files, and it LOOKS ok.

My dovecot is from cvs, updated yesterday, and running on Redhat 7.3 (if that matters).

Here is my dovecot-pgsql.conf:

--8<-- # # Postgress connect string. Similar to PHP connect = host=A.B.C.D dbname=maildb user=mailuser password=******

password_query = SELECT password FROM aliases WHERE alias = '%u' AND password != '' AND locked='f'; user_query = SELECT maildir as home, 100 as uid,498 as gid FROM aliases where alias = '%u';

#default_pass_scheme = PLAIN #default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 default_pass_scheme = CRYPT --8<--

My NON-working DB entry is: --8<-- maildb-> default_pass_scheme = CRYPT maildb-> select * from aliases where alias = 'marc@test.com'; ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "#" maildb=> ; maildb=> select * from aliases where alias = 'marc@test.com'; alias | maildir | password | locked ---------------+------------------------+----------------------------------- -+-------- marc@test.com | test.com/marc/Maildir/ | $1$JJN5H82p$yKs5jnb/csQVYsZZ/4WFS0 | f (1 row) --8<--

and the one that IS working: --8<-- maildb=> select * from aliases where alias = 'maikel@test.com'; alias | maildir | password | locked -----------------+--------------------------+------------------------------- ------------+-------- maikel@test.com | test.com/maikel/Maildir/ | {CRYPT}$1$JJN5H82p$yKs5jnb/csQVYsZZ/4WFS0 | f (1 row) --8<--

Both strings are crypted versions of 'qwerty'

Thank you,

Maikel Verheijen