I have a mail server using dovecot that has  been running without issue for 
quite a couple of years now. It serves email for about 30 individuals.

But since Jan 14th, users have been reporting spurious errors in MS Outlook:

  316 Jan 21 00:38:12 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 1 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=783) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<yVd4Hm4Pst12wSuN>
  317 Jan 21 00:38:12 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=598) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<aKOAHm4PCOB2wSuN>
  318 Jan 21 00:38:13 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=598) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<9rWIHm4PtuF2wSuN>
  319 Jan 21 00:38:13 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=677) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<NsORHm4P9OJ2wSuN>
  320 Jan 21 00:38:14 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=691) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<AACaHm4PdOR2wSuN>
  321 Jan 21 00:38:15 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 1 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=610) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<G8umHm4P2OV2wSuN>
  322 Jan 21 00:38:16 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 1 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=609) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<qSy0Hm4PuOd2wSuN>
  323 Jan 21 00:38:16 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=596) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<W427Hm4PtOl2wSuN>
  324 Jan 21 00:38:17 ip-172-30-0-131 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no 
auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=118.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=172.30.0.131, TLS 
handshaking: read(size=596) failed: Connection reset by peer, 
session=<mu/JHm4Ptup2wSuN>


Some characteristics of the problem that may offer a clue:

* happening with multiple users, not just the same one
* happens from different IP addresses. 
* happens about 3 to 5 times per day and the errors come in batches like above
* MS Outlook error is: 

reported error (0x80042109): ‘Outlook cannot conect to your outgoing SMTP email 
server. If you continue to receive this message….blah blah blah

I googled the error code but didn’t find anything particularly helpful. 

I’m running Debian bullseye, version 11.8. 




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