I found I was enabling the options you requested in the wrong place. After fixing it I get:
Mar 26 16:21:03 booklion dovecot: Dovecot v1.2.9 starting up (core dumps disabled) Mar 26 16:21:04 booklion dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: APOP mechanism can't be supported with given passdbs Mar 26 16:21:04 booklion dovecot: dovecot: Fatal: Auth process died too early - shutting down Mar 26 16:22:31 booklion dovecot: Dovecot v1.2.9 starting up (core dumps disabled) Mar 26 16:22:31 booklion dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: DIGEST-MD5 mechanism can't be supported with given passdbs Mar 26 16:22:31 booklion dovecot: dovecot: Fatal: Auth process died too early - shutting down Mar 26 16:23:21 booklion dovecot: Dovecot v1.2.9 starting up (core dumps disabled) Mar 26 16:23:21 booklion dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: CRAM-MD5 mechanism can't be supported with given passdbs Mar 26 16:23:21 booklion dovecot: dovecot: Fatal: Auth process died too early - shutting down On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Blake McBride <blake1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the help!! > > I added the auth_mech.. line and reset dovecot but got the same error > message. > > dovecot -n > # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-57-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS > log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S > protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve > ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem > ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key > ssl_cipher_list: > ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login > login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login > login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login > mail_privileged_group: mail > mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir > mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock > mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 > mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve > mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap > mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap > mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 > mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve > imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail > imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail > imap_client_workarounds(pop3): > imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): > pop3_client_workarounds(default): > pop3_client_workarounds(imap): > pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh > pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve): > lda: > postmaster_address: postmaster > mail_plugins: sieve > quota_full_tempfail: yes > deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$ > rejection_reason: Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r > auth default: > mechanisms: plain login > debug: yes > debug_passwords: yes > passdb: > driver: shadow > userdb: > driver: passwd > socket: > type: listen > client: > path: /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth > mode: 432 > user: postfix > group: postfix > plugin: > sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve > sieve_dir: ~/sieve > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net>wrote: > >> >> >> Am 26.03.2014 21:47, schrieb Blake McBride: >> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth >> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53 >> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: last message repeated 2 times >> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth >> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53 >> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: last message repeated 3 times >> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth >> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53 >> >> what auth-mechs have you configured and how is TB configured? >> "no auth attempts" in most cases indicates the client don't agree >> with the auth-mechs offered by the server (PLAUN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, LMTP) >> >> in doubt try that in dovecot.conf >> auth_mechanisms = CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 APOP LOGIN PLAIN >> >> >