dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts):

skuli434 · 02-22-2013, 02:57 PM

dears,
i have set up an email server as follows,
installed postfix with following settings :

Code:

alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
debug_peer_level = 2
home_mailbox = Maildir/
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = all
local_recipient_maps =
mail_owner = postfix
mailbox_size_limit = 1073741824
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
message_size_limit = 10485760
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain
mydomain = x.x
myhostname = x.x.x
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 82.212.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/16, 188.0.0.0/8
myorigin = $mydomain
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/README_FILES
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/samples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP
smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,reject_unknown_client,permit
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,permit_auth_destination,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual

and dovecot v2 with following configurations

Code:

# 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
auth_default_realm = x.x.x
auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
listen = *
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
passdb {
  driver = pam
}
service auth {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0666
    user = postfix
  }
}
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
  driver = passwd
}
protocol pop3 {
  pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}

however when i try to connect trough outlook it says that the authentication is not correct,
i have set it trough passwd command,
"support dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<y@x.d.x>, method=PLAIN, rip=188.247.76.220, lip=x.x.x.x

"

what is going on, i dont get it,
please help

unSpawn · 02-26-2013, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skuli434

(..)when i try to connect trough outlook it says that the authentication is not correct, i have set it trough passwd command,
"support dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<y@x.d.x>, method=PLAIN, rip=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, lip=x.x.x.x"
what is going on, i dont get it,

When something goes wrong then the first thing is to check the log files for clues. Server side if there's not enough logging then enable verbose logging: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging. Client side, in the case of MsO or MsOE it will often display a specific error code which you can look up in their Knowledge Base. Also since you're not the first one to realize Ms has a different view on standardization you might benefit from what other wrote in the http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Clients#Outlook section of the http://wiki2.dovecot.org/#Troubleshooting documentation. That all should get you through about ninety nine per cent of common errors and if you still must post error messages then please post complete error messages and please obfuscate all public IP addresses unless vital for answering your question.