>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Morgan <morgan@xxxxxxxx> writes: Andrew> Use "imtest" instead of "nc". imtest can do all the SASL Andrew> login magic and still gives you raw access to the Andrew> connection for sending commands. Same thing: # imtest -u admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx localhost S: * OK server2.example.com Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.13-Debian-2.2.13-16ubuntu1 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE IDLE STARTTLS LOGINDISABLED AUTH=CRAM-MD5 SASL-IR S: C01 OK Completed C: A01 AUTHENTICATE CRAM-MD5 S: + PDI4ODc2MDU3MTUuMTU0MDU3ODZAc2VydmVyMi54cGxhaW5ob3N0aW5nLmNvbT4= Please enter your password: C: cm9vdCAzNmJhYWUzMGY1MGEwNjkzYWEyMjI1MzM1OTc0ZmE0NQ== S: A01 NO authentication failure Authentication failed. generic failure Security strength factor: 0 . LIST * *@example.com . BAD Please login first . LOGIN cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx oUQR8keuun . NO Login only available under a layer C: Q01 LOGOUT * BYE LOGOUT received Q01 OK Completed Connection closed. Perhaps the "only available under a layer" is an indication I must use ssl or so? Tried that as well: # imtest -s -u admin -r server2.example.com WARNING: no hostname supplied, assuming localhost verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain TLS connection established: TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits) S: * OK server2.example.com Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.13-Debian-2.2.13-16ubuntu1 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE IDLE AUTH=CRAM-MD5 SASL-IR S: C01 OK Completed C: A01 AUTHENTICATE CRAM-MD5 S: + PDQwNDczMDY5My4xNTQwNTk4NEBzZXJ2ZXIyLnhwbGFpbmhvc3RpbmcuY29tPg== Please enter your password: C: cm9vdCBhODUyNzIxZDM4MjVkMzEwMGNjMDlkNmM0YzEzMmM1Yw== S: A01 NO authentication failure Authentication failed. generic failure Security strength factor: 256 And perhaps something I should mention: all users are defined in a postgresql database, but the admin user is in an sasldb2 database. I think that explains the problem right? Both nc and imtest use the normal imap server interface but my admin user isn't defined there. But isn't this a side track? I.e. I just want to have a wildcard on a string with an @ character working? Or is this actually the root cause? I thought I had to create users and set acls and such by using cyradm. If not, can I just create users by login in the "normal" way, i.e. through the imap daemon itself? Because that would open up a different avenue. -- Cheers, Berend de Boer ---- 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