[Dovecot] can't connect to smtp, or login to imap, pop3

[Charles Marcus]

> i can send mail from the server (using mail), and i can receive mail in 
> my user mailbox on the server
> 
> but i can't send email using a client like thunderbird (it won't connect 
> to the smtp server)

No offense, but Dovecot is not an MTA, it is a POP/IMAP server. It 
doesn't send email, so I'm not sure why you are posting this part of 
your problem to the Dovecot list - if your MTA is postfix, then you need 
to go there for problems with it...

> and i can't download email from pop3 using thunderbird
> it always says authentication failed when i try to login
> 
> using squirrelmail, it always says username and password incorrect
> 
> but i know for sure the username and password are correct
> 
> dovecot conf file is as folows
> 
> -------imap_listen = [::]   <-------
> -------pop3_listen = [::]   <-------
> 
> -------imaps_listen = [::]   <-------
> -------pop3s_listen = [::]   <-------

http://wiki.dovecot.org/UpgradingDovecot

Scroll down to the part about setting up ports for listening.

Charles