I should have mentioned that this is not iPhone specific, the same
behaviour may be observed for 2 simultanious connections from 2 separate
machines running Thunderbird.
TLS/SSL is used on both.
dovecot config file below:
Nigel
# 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.18-028stab069.5 x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: imaps
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
mailbox_idle_check_interval: 5
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
auth default:
mechanisms: plain login
passdb:
driver: pam
userdb:
driver: passwd
socket:
type: listen
client:
path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth-client
mode: 432
user: postfix
group: postfix
