Hi Michael, > > I have the feeling you should add this to your imapd.conf: > > > > sasl_mech_list: PLAIN > > > I miss AUTH=LOGIN and AUTH=PLAIN > so "sasl_mech_list: PLAIN" will only cause that no auth mech > will be available. Performed following test; $ sudo nano /etc/imapd.conf adding; AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN at the bottom. $ imtest -m login -p imap -u satimiscyrus localhost just hanging there. Also tried uncomment the line; sasl_mech_list: PLAIN $ imtest -m login -p imap -u satimiscyrus localhost S: * OK lampserver Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.12-Debian-2.2.12-4ubuntu1 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE IDLE S: C01 OK Completed Please enter your password: C: L01 LOGIN satimis {12} S: + go ahead C: <omitted> S: L01 NO Login failed: generic failure Authentication failed. generic failure Security strength factor: 0 Still the same result. > Maybe a sasl package is not installed/found > ll /usr/lib/sasl2/ show for me > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2006-09-04 16:18 libanonymous.so -> > libanonymous.so.2.0.21* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2006-09-04 16:18 libanonymous.so.2 -> > libanonymous.so.2.0.21* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13216 2006-06-16 16:40 > libanonymous.so.2.0.21* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2006-09-04 16:18 liblogin.so -> > liblogin.so.2.0.21* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2006-09-04 16:18 liblogin.so.2 -> > liblogin.so.2.0.21* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13724 2006-06-16 16:41 liblogin.so.2.0.21* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2006-09-04 16:21 libplain.so -> > libplain.so.2.0.21* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2006-09-04 16:21 libplain.so.2 -> > libplain.so.2.0.21* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14268 2006-06-16 16:40 libplain.so.2.0.21* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-09-04 16:18 libsasldb.so -> > libsasldb.so.2.0.21* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-09-04 16:18 libsasldb.so.2 -> > libsasldb.so.2.0.21* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18316 2006-06-16 16:40 libsasldb.so.2.0.21* $ ls -l /usr/lib/sasl2/ total 500 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19036 2006-04-24 19:38 libanonymous.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 855 2006-04-24 19:38 libanonymous.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2008-04-18 07:24 libanonymous.so -> libanonymous.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2008-04-18 07:24 libanonymous.so.2 -> libanonymous.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15712 2006-04-24 19:38 libanonymous.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21802 2006-04-24 19:38 libcrammd5.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 841 2006-04-24 19:38 libcrammd5.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2008-04-18 07:24 libcrammd5.so -> libcrammd5.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2008-04-18 07:24 libcrammd5.so.2 -> libcrammd5.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19104 2006-04-24 19:38 libcrammd5.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59792 2006-04-24 19:38 libdigestmd5.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 864 2006-04-24 19:38 libdigestmd5.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2008-04-18 07:24 libdigestmd5.so -> libdigestmd5.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2008-04-18 07:24 libdigestmd5.so.2 -> libdigestmd5.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46336 2006-04-24 19:38 libdigestmd5.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19262 2006-04-24 19:38 liblogin.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 835 2006-04-24 19:38 liblogin.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-04-18 07:24 liblogin.so -> liblogin.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-04-18 07:24 liblogin.so.2 -> liblogin.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16352 2006-04-24 19:38 liblogin.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38724 2006-04-24 19:38 libntlm.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 829 2006-04-24 19:38 libntlm.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2008-04-18 07:24 libntlm.so -> libntlm.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2008-04-18 07:24 libntlm.so.2 -> libntlm.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32264 2006-04-24 19:38 libntlm.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27142 2006-04-24 19:38 libotp.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 829 2006-04-24 19:38 libotp.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2008-04-18 07:24 libotp.so -> libotp.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2008-04-18 07:24 libotp.so.2 -> libotp.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48856 2006-04-24 19:38 libotp.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19342 2006-04-24 19:38 libplain.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 835 2006-04-24 19:38 libplain.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-04-18 07:24 libplain.so -> libplain.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-04-18 07:24 libplain.so.2 -> libplain.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 2006-04-24 19:38 libplain.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29164 2006-04-24 19:38 libsasldb.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 856 2006-04-24 19:38 libsasldb.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-04-18 07:24 libsasldb.so -> libsasldb.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-04-18 07:24 libsasldb.so.2 -> libsasldb.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21288 2006-04-24 19:38 libsasldb.so.2.0.19 * end * B.R. 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