First failure: On 17 Mar 2008, at 17:18, J.J. Day wrote: > C: A01 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN > S: A01 NO no mechanism available > Mar 17 14:34:11 dc-mail imaps[5423]: badlogin: dc-mail.training.int > [192.168.251.3] PLAIN [SASL(-4): no mechanism available: Couldn't > find mech PLAIN] PLAIN authN wasn't an option. Presumably you get this error because you haven't allowed plain text authN and aren't using TLS. Second failure: > C: S01 STARTTLS > S: S01 OK Begin TLS negotiation now > C: C01 CAPABILITY > S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ ID ACL RIGHTS=kxte QUOTA > MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT > CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT SORT=MODSEQ THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT > THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE CATENATE CONDSTORE IDLE URLAUTH > S: C01 OK Completed > Please enter your password: > C: L01 LOGIN cyrus {5} > S: + go ahead > C: > S: L01 NO Login failed: authentication failure > Mar 17 14:44:45 dc-mail imap[5444]: badlogin: localhost [127.0.0.1] > plaintext cyrus SASL(-13): user not found: checkpass failed This implies that you typed the password wrong, which is always possible :) I'd probably examine your SASL auxprop configs, tho, since imap complains that it can't find your auxprop plugin. :wes ps I think servername: ought to be something in DNS, i.e., "D-Y-C Mail Server" is a poor choice. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html