[Dovecot] Problem with dovecot configuration + mysql (I think)

Rene Bakkum rene.bakkum at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 15:06:12 EET 2009


Joss Red wrote:
>> But now i'm facing another one, I couldn't connect to my account by
>> using Outlook !
>> Thunderbird 3 works great but Outlook 2007 don't connect to imap or 
>> smtp !
>>
>> I used secure imap and secure smtp with TLS/SSL support !
>>
>> PS: I used imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle but it dosn't work
>>
>> Any clue?
>>
>
> For notice here is the log i get :
>
> --------------------------------
> Nov 30 23:27:03 machine-name postfix/smtpd[5668]: connect from 
> client_host[client_ip]
> Nov 30 23:30:41 machine-name dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: 
> rip=client_ip, lip=my_ip, TLS handshake
> Nov 30 23:30:41 machine-name postfix/smtpd[5679]: connect from 
> client_host[client_ip]
> Nov 30 23:31:56 machine-name postfix/smtpd[5679]: SSL_accept error 
> from client_host[client_ip]: -1
> Nov 30 23:31:56 machine-name postfix/smtpd[5679]: lost connection 
> after CONNECT from client_host[client_ip]
> Nov 30 23:31:56 machine-name postfix/smtpd[5679]: disconnect from 
> client_host[client_ip]
> Nov 30 23:32:02 machine-name postfix/smtpd[5668]: SSL_accept error 
> from client_host[client_ip]: -1
> Nov 30 23:32:02 machine-name postfix/smtpd[5668]: lost connection 
> after CONNECT from client_host[client_ip]
> Nov 30 23:32:02 machine-name postfix/smtpd[5668]: disconnect from 
> client_host[client_ip]
> --------------------------------

Your logfile contains mostly postfix/smtpd daemon entries, and the 
disconnect from the IMAP. Do you see a successfully IMAP connection in 
your log?
Do you have a signed certificate or self-signed?
When you connect, do you get the certificate pop-up? Maybe Outlook has 
some hidden feature to disable invalid certificates. But I refuse to 
install Outlook to see how it works in my environment :)

Maybe you can filter the postfix entries out your log. Postfix is only 
used for the smtp feature, while dovecot does your pop3/imap.

With the following entries in dovecot, you can log their entries in a 
different logfile than postfix:
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log

- Rene



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