[Dovecot] Help connecting from remote client (no auth attempts)

[Blake McBride]

Thanks for the help!!

I added the auth_mech..  line and reset dovecot but got the same error
message.

dovecot -n
# 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-57-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve
ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem
ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key
ssl_cipher_list:
ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve
imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail
imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail
imap_client_workarounds(pop3):
imap_client_workarounds(managesieve):
pop3_client_workarounds(default):
pop3_client_workarounds(imap):
pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve):
lda:
  postmaster_address: postmaster
  mail_plugins: sieve
  quota_full_tempfail: yes
  deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$
  rejection_reason: Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r
auth default:
  mechanisms: plain login
  debug: yes
  debug_passwords: yes
  passdb:
    driver: shadow
  userdb:
    driver: passwd
  socket:
    type: listen
    client:
      path: /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth
      mode: 432
      user: postfix
      group: postfix
plugin:
  sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve
  sieve_dir: ~/sieve



On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>wrote:

>
>
> Am 26.03.2014 21:47, schrieb Blake McBride:
> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth
> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53
> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: last message repeated 2 times
> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth
> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53
> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: last message repeated 3 times
> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth
> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53
>
> what auth-mechs have you configured and how is TB configured?
> "no auth attempts" in most cases indicates the client don't agree
> with the auth-mechs offered by the server (PLAUN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, LMTP)
>
> in doubt try that in dovecot.conf
> auth_mechanisms = CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 APOP LOGIN PLAIN
>
>