On Saturday 28 October 2006 11:10, Paul Aguirre wrote:

Hi all,

I have instaled dovecot 1.0.rc10, and my configuration works fine if I get the mail with Evolution mail client, bu if I try to use outlook to get mails the authentication fail and I can't pass through the logon window. The maillog appear this message:

Here's the configuration file I use on 1.0.beta9 that works with Outlook using pop3s (port 995). I really don't like unencrypted plaintext authentication.
I run Slackware, so no pam.

basic settings

base_dir = /var/run/dovecot #protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s protocols = imap imaps pop3s listen = *

SSL settings

ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/host-cert.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/certs/host-key.pem ssl_ca_file = /etc/ssl/certs/domain-ca.pem disable_plaintext_auth = no

mail process settings

mail_extra_groups = smmsp

mail storage

default_mail_env = maildir:/srv/imap/%u:INDEX=MEMORY

file control

maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes

imap settings

protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle }

pop3 settings

protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh }

authentication settings

auth default { mechanisms = plain userdb passwd { } passdb shadow { } }