[Dovecot] authentication to IMAP

[Daniel Black]

On Thursday 07 May 2009 17:53:34 punit_j wrote:
> a1 NO Authentication failed.

what do the logs say?

> My dovecot server does PLAIN authentication as can
> auth_mechanisms = plain
>
> Is there a way to do PLAIN auth with crypt password or any means of doing
> admin authentication on behalf of normal user ?

see here and see if you have troubles

http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/MasterUsers

Daniel