>> hi >> >> i am using dovecot for pop3 and imap along with qmail toaster >> >> i had recently changed over from a 32 bit system to a 64 bit system. >> >> i use squirrelmail. >> >> the issue i face is that when the user inserts an invalid password then >> the >> message he gets is connection dropped by imap server (instead of invalid >> userid or password) >> >> such a message confuses the user. >> >> my earlier 32 bit version used to give the correct message >> >> i am posting this issue here because i am not sure if this is >> squirrelmail >> issue or a dovecot issue. > > Probably a Dovecot issue. The answer is in your logs. > > paul > > thanks for your reply > > i intentionaly put the wrong password and checked the dovecot log and the > message i got was > > # tail -f /var/log/dovecot.log | grep "xxx@xxxxxxx" > Nov 25 08:47:46 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts in > 2 secs): user=<xxx@xxxxxxx>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, > secured, session=<xObTWqYIwgB/AAAB> > > but in the squirrelmail login page instead of the message "unknown user or > password incorrect" i get the message > > ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server. > Query: LOGOUT > > > in my old server where it is working correctly dovecot logs shows the error > > Nov 25 14:46:12 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): > user=<"xxx@xxxxxxx">, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured >> and squirrelmail gives the error : "unknown user or password incorrect" > which is correct. > > is there any other place i need to check or some other config file (either > squirrelmail or dovecot) that i need to modify > > could you kindly guide me At the command line: telnet localhost 143 (or whatever port your Dovecot server is listening on) A LOGIN xxx@xxxxxxx wwwww B LOGOUT See what the IMAP response is to line A. It is probably not giving a valid response such as "NO login failed." If it's giving a "BAD" response, you need to fix your Dovecot settings. -- Paul Lesniewski SquirrelMail Team Please support Open Source Software by donating to SquirrelMail! http://squirrelmail.org/donate_paul_lesniewski.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
