Latest Dovecot in 20060201 breaks imap

[John Summerfied]

Steven Haigh wrote:
> On 02/02/2006, at 2:20 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
> 
>> Steven Haigh wrote:
>>
>>> Do we know exactly what changed in this update?
>>
>>
>> Mark McLoughlin pointed out this ...
>>
>> http://wiki.dovecot.org/UpgradingDovecot
> 
> 
> I don't believe this is the case - as I wasn't using a verion 0.99  
> config to start with. As that site states, I tried the following:
> 
> # grep -v '^ *#' /etc/dovecot.conf|grep -v ^$|less
> protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
> listen = *
> ssl_listen = *
> ssl_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
> ssl_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
> mbox_read_locks = fcntl
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> protocol imap {
> }
> 
> protocol pop3 {
> 
> }
> auth default {
>   mechanisms = plain
>   passdb pam {
>   }
>   userdb passwd {
>   }
>   user = root
> }
> 
> It seems to be something between the versions that makes some mail  
> clients not like the IMAP login banner and stops the client from  authing.
> 
> When running the Connection Doctor from within Mail, it states  "Trying 
> to log into this IMAP account failed. Please make sure the  username and 
> password are correct". During this test, the maillog  just shows:
> 
> Feb  2 02:30:46 zeus dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login:  
> rip=203.56.246.84, lip=203.56.246.81
> 
> I know the username and password are correct - as all I need to  change 
> is the Use SSL option and I can then login to the mailbox in  question.

At times like these you need...

tcpdump




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