First steps in Dovecot; IMAP not working

[Marnaud]

Le 14 oct. 2016 à 21:22, Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com> a écrit:

> Did you post doveconf -n (I didn't catch the head of this thread)? That
> would be step 0.

Yes (actually, twice). If you want to see it again, no problem, just ask.

> I assume you allow plaintext communication, but if not, substitute telnet with
> "openssl sclient -connect your-server:993":
> 
> 	C: # telnet your-server 143
> 	S: * OK [CAPABILITY ...
> 	C: x1 login testuser theirpassword
> 
> If you get an OK response to this, it may be a client issue (check settings on
> client).  If you get an error or failure, look inward: check logs and config.

For sake of “security”, I chose to not allow plaintext communication (being new to this, I think being strict is a good choice).
I’ve tried with the openssl option and it successfully logged in.

Thank you.