[Dovecot] dovecot behaving badly after upgrade..

[daniel petre]

i upgraded dovecot from 0.99 to the last version and
it doesnt seem to work anymore..
im using vpopmail userdb and i get this in the logs :

dovecot: Dec 18 03:42:08 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   1 
PLAIN  service=POP3     lip=81.x.x.x  rip=81.x.x.x  resp=
dovecot: Dec 18 03:42:08 Info: auth(default): client out: CONT  1
dovecot: Dec 18 03:42:08 Info: auth(default): client in: CONT   1 
AGRhbmlAbGludXhzb2x1dGlvbnMucm8AcG9jcG9j
dovecot: Dec 18 03:42:08 Error: auth(default): vmysql: sql error[3]: 
MySQL server has gone away
dovecot: Dec 18 03:42:08 Info: auth(default): 
vpopmail(dani at domain,81.x.x.x): unknown user
dovecot: Dec 18 03:42:09 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  1 
user=dani at domain
dovecot: Dec 18 03:42:09 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   2 
PLAIN  service=POP3     lip=81.x.x.x  rip=81.x.x.x 
resp=AGRhbmlAbGludXhzb2x1dGlvbnMucm8AcG9jcG9j


anyone encountered this?
mysql is not away, i edited dovecot.conf carefully.
what am i missing?
thanks

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