Eric,

Adding those additional mechanisms seems to have solved the problem.

I'll attempt to update the wiki page (as long as no one minds, of course).

Thanks!

Scott


On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Eric Shubert <[email protected]> wrote:

> Scott Hughes wrote:
>
>> After changing over to Dovecot IMAP last night (using the instructions on
>> the wiki exactly), some of my users are now unable to log into their email
>> accounts using an email client (right now Outlook 2007 and Apple Mail
>> program).  Webmail does not seem to be effected.
>>
>> Here is the dovecot log message that I am getting that seems out of place.
>>  I configured my Mac using the Apple Mail program, and I get the same
>> message.  I am using the standard (non-ssl) IMAP ports.
>>
>> 05-14 09:13:37 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (tried to use disabled
>> plaintext auth)
>>
>>
>> If I change over my Apple Mail client to use SSL, I can access my qmail
>> accounts and all is well.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
> Try
>  mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5
> in you dovecot.conf file.
>
> FWIW,
> disable_plaintext_auth = yes
> is also a good idea unless your users are all local.
>
> (I apologize that I haven't reviewed the dovecot wiki page on this yet).
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
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