Re: [fetchmail-users] fetchmail can't talk to dovecot

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 9/27/06, Marco Fioretti <mfi...@mc...> wrote:
>
> In which way? My understanding is that, with those settings, secure
> connection should be tried but, if failing, unsecure one would be used
> without problems. That's why I wrote what I wrote? Where am I wrong here?

I have exactly zero experience of dovecot, so couldn't tell you.  Some
POP/IMAP servers however default to requiring SSL for unsecure auth
methods.

> No, sorry. The remote server runs postfix + dovecot + squirrelmail just fine.
> Fetchmail runs on my _home_ linux PC: it works fine with other accounts on _other_
> servers (all pop3) which I do not administer. Only on this box which I'm setting
> up myself there is this problem between the home fetchmail and the remote dovecot.
>
> I'll try the test and settings you suggested tonight at home and report. In the
> meantime any feedback (especially to my answers in this message) is greatly appreciated.

Well, one quick test would be to use any other IMAP/POP client (from
the home linux PC) against the remote server to confirm that the
username/password are correct.

(Note that using squirrelmail doesn't necessarily test the same
connection methods, squirrelmail may be configured to use the loopback
interface, which may have different, eg lower, security settings).

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