[Dovecot] Cygwin and dovecot-auth problems

[Timo Sirainen]

On Jun 22, 2008, at 1:47 AM, Blacktate wrote:

> Fact is, the Cygwin "bin" directory (containing the first two DLLs) is
> not in my Windows PATH. If I add it, now the error 53 disappears even
> without your patch.
>
> Sadly, I can't even login. This is what happens:
>
> 1) start inetd

What about if you don't use inetd? That code is less tested than  
running dovecot directly.

> 2) in the mail client (Thunderbird), click on "Inbox"
>    2a) dovecot's info log shows the "...starting up" message
>    2b) imap-login process starts to eat cpu indefinitely
>    2c) thunderbird's debug log says:

Instead of using a mail client to test, it's better to talk IMAP  
directly: http://wiki.dovecot.org/TestInstallation

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