Outlook with Dovecot

Michael Schumacher michael_ml at gmx.de
Sun Dec 13 20:14:55 EET 2020


Hi Elise,

>> dovecot-2.3.11.3_1
>> Providing the correct email address and password.

> I think the origin of this issue is caused by Outlook itself.
> Setting up a new account in Outlook, one has to provide an email address instead of a user name. With using BSD usermanager, adding a user named 'ilse at mydomain.com' is converted automatically to user 'ilse'.

I am not sure I understand your problem. Who exactly is converting the username? Is it Outlook or dovecot or your BSD usermanager?

I am aware of a problem where Outlook tries to guess the username from the provided e-mail address and its AS aka artificial stupidity guesses wrong.

cheers,
Michael



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