On 05/06/2009 02:54 AM Timothy Legg wrote: > … > l...@debian:~$ telnet 192.168.10.171 110 > Trying 192.168.10.171... > Connected to 192.168.10.171. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK Dovecot ready. > USER [email protected] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > +OK > PASS password1 > -ERR Authentication failed. > > But why do I always get the password wrong? I twice set the password for the > test user and also restarted Dovecot, but the password is always wrong. > > I'm sure there must be something stupid I have overlooked. > > Any suggestions? > … > Here is some additional data that I am volunteering... > > # dovecot -n > # 1.0.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > … > auth default: > passdb: > driver: pam > userdb: > driver: passwd
You are using local system users, right? How do log in on your system? As [email protected]? No? OK, so drop the @192.168.10.171 part from your mail user name and try again. If it still does not work, start reading here: http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork Regards, Pascal -- The trapper recommends today: [email protected]
