On 04 Jul 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I am a newcomer to Dovecot so apologies if this is elementary. > > I want to set up dovecot to allow other computers on my home network to > read emails on my desktop via IMAP. This computer is called arcadia. > > dovecot is running and I can access the mail on the same computer with > mutt -f imap://[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If I use the above line on a different computer in the network it says > "authenticaing 'PLAIN'" and then "logging in ..", then "login failed" and > cuts out. > > In /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf I have set > > disable_plaintext_auth = no > > I have no idea how to proceed further. > > Anthony Campell >
Sorry to follow up to my own email but immediatel after I sent it I found the answer (always the way!). I had some imap entries in .muttrc which were interfering with the login. Removing these made it work. AnthonY -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles)
