please help this newbie get started

[drbobllc at yahoo.com]

Thanks for replying.
A. configuration:
%    dovecot -n
# 2.2.27 (c0f36b0): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE amd64  ufs
disable_plaintext_auth = no
mail_location = mbox:/var/empty:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY
mail_privileged_group = mail
namespace inbox {
  inbox = yes
  location = 
  mailbox Drafts {
    special_use = \Drafts
  }
  mailbox Junk {
    special_use = \Junk
  }
  mailbox Sent {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox Trash {
    special_use = \Trash
  }
  prefix = 
}
passdb {
  args = blocking=no
  driver = passwd
}
ssl = no
userdb {
  args = blocking=no
  driver = passwd
  override_fields = home=/var/empty
}

B. description of problem:
When I try to check email, Thunderbird says:
Sending of password for user www did not succeed.Mail server xxxresponded: Authentication failed.
And on the server, in the mail log, there's a message:
dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (user disabled):user=<www>, method=PLAIN
And thanks for the link to that Troubleshooting section. I didn't know that was there and will take a look at it now.

Bob



 

    On Saturday, February 4, 2017 3:37 AM, Christian Kivalo <ml+dovecot at valo.at> wrote:
 

 

Am 4. Februar 2017 00:16:01 MEZ schrieb drbobllc at yahoo.com:
> Hi again,
>I see now it's possible to restricting IMAP/POP3 access, but that
>shouldn't be enabled. In conf.d/10-auth.conf that's commented out:
>
>#!include auth-deny.conf.ext
Please provide doveconf -n output together with a description of your problem. 

The wiki also has a page about troubleshooting a dovecot installation.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/FrontPage?action=show&redirect=StartSeite#Troubleshooting

>Thanks,
>Bob
>
>  
-- 
Christian Kivalo