[Dovecot] P0P3 problems

[albi albinootje]

On 10/24/06, Nick <Admin at myhost.org> wrote:

>            I'm setting up Dovecot on a Linux (Ubuntu) server and IMap
>     works but P0P3 doesn't.  When I try to get the eMail, it appears
>     to do everything it should (no errors) but nothing gets downloaded.
>
>     I'm also a little confused with this:
>     If I select either "Password authentication source" Unix passwd or
>     shadow file (using WEBmin or text edit the config file) Dovecot
>     errors:  Unknown setting: line 648: and yet, if I take it out it
>     works fine.  How does Dovecot get the passwords if no source is
>     included ???

and what is at line 648 ? which dovecot-version are you using ? and
did you increase debugging-possibilities in dovecot.conf ?

and is it pop3 or pop3s you're trying ?