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A. Telnet results - 1; ............................. [r...@wgw ~]# telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user [email protected] +OK pass asdf -ERR Authentication failed. B. Output from /var/log/maillog ....................................... Feb 21 19:42:55 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=3952 Feb 21 19:43:13 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=POP3 secured lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1 rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1 resp=<hidden> Feb 21 19:43:13 fwgw dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql([email protected],::ffff:127.0.0.1): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '[email protected]' Feb 21 19:43:13 fwgw dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql([email protected],::ffff:127.0.0.1): Password mismatch Feb 21 19:43:15 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 [email protected] So from "unknown user" ... i have graduated to "password mismatch".... So this is definitely a SASL error ? How to solve? C. /usr/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf contents ............................................... pwcheck_method: auxprop mech_list: PLAIN auxprop_plugin: sql sql_verbose: yes sql_engine: mysql sql_hostnames: localhost sql_user: postfix sql_passwd: kasdf sql_database: postfix sql_select: select password from mailbox where username = '%...@%r' D. /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf ........................................ driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=kpostfix default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' user_query = SELECT maildir, 89 AS uid, 89 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' Will keep googling.... > Guys, i am new to dovecot. I am not able to retrieve email from an account > that > i just setup. > > > A. This is the output from /var/log.maillog. > ........................................................... > > Feb 21 18:01:31 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN > > service=POP3 lip=::ffff:60.54.174.146 rip=::ffff:60.50.250.8 > resp= > Feb 21 18:01:31 fwgw dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to > localhost (postfix) > Feb 21 18:01:31 fwgw dovecot: auth-worker(default): > sql(fizan,::ffff:60.50.250.8): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE > username = 'fizan' > Feb 21 18:01:31 fwgw dovecot: auth-worker(default): > sql(fizan,::ffff:60.50.250.8): unknown user > Feb 21 18:01:32 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=3567 > Feb 21 18:01:32 fwgw dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 > user=fizan > Feb 21 18:01:32 fwgw dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login: user=, > method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:60.50.250.8, lip=::ffff:60.54.174.146 > > > > B. This is my /etc/dovecont.conf > ............................................ > > ## Dovecot configuration file > > protocols = imap pop3 > > auth default { > userdb sql { > args = /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf > } > passdb sql { > args = /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf > } > } > > first_valid_uid = 89 > default_mail_env = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n > > # Debugging options > > auth_verbose = yes > auth_debug = yes > > > C. Error Message from the Email Client - Kmail > ................................................................ > > I get a messge saying; > > "Could not Login to mail.mesara.biz. > The password may be wrong. > The server said authentication failed" > > D. Other info > ............. > > I am running on a Centos 5.2 box , with postfix 2.3, dovecot 1.0.7, mysql > 5.0.45 > > > Pls help. Much appreciated. > > Regards. > gomez
