[Dovecot] How to log POP3 events

[Chris Wakelin]

So what do you have for passdb and userdb?

They should look something like

auth default {
  mechanisms = plain

passdb shadow {
}

userdb passwd {
}

...


(Earlier versions of 1.0, e.g. 1.0-stable, have just

passdb shadow
userdb passwd

)

Chris
Cliff Hayes wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> Believe it or not, I did all that.  I read the upgrading doc.  There really
> isn't anything there that applies to me.  Also, before I even emailed you, I
> did as instructed and used the sample file as a base, altering it based on
> my previous conf file.
> 
> Furthermore, I looked in the conf file itself for help.  Did everything that
> I thought applied to me (changes shown in original email below).
> 
> Pardon my frustration, but the front page of dovecot.org says this...
> 
> Dovecot is easy to set up and doesn't require special maintenance. Only
> thing you need is to get the authentication working properly - if your users
> are in /etc/passwd there's hardly anything you have to do.
> 
> ...which is exactly what I have.  Yet I have had enormous problems with set
> up the first time, now I get to start all over again.  I couldn't get it to
> work the first time until you gave me this for the .conf file:
> 
> default_mail_env = mbox:/tmp:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY
> 
> Now, with the new version, does that change?
> 
> Oh, by the way, here's my ./configure options:
> 
> ./configure --with-pop3d --with-passwd --with-shadow
> 
> Cliff
> 

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