It worked!!
[root@tnorth ~]# telnet localhost 110
> Trying ::1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK Dovecot ready.
> user test
> +OK
> pass test123
> +OK Logged in.
> list
> +OK 1 messages:
> 1 261
> .
> quit
> +OK Logging out.
Thank you very much
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Tam Nguyen <tam8gu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Terry,
> looking at your 20-pop3.conf's output, you need to uncomment the
> highlighted line:
> ...
> # Note that Outlook 2003 seems to have problems with %v.%u format which
> was
> # Dovecot's default, so if you're building a new server it would be a
> good
> # idea to change this. %08Xu%08Xv should be pretty fail-safe.
> #
> #pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
>
> To
>
> pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> :wq!
>
> then run:
> /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
>
> Thanks
> Tam
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Terry Northren <tnorth...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Here are the outputs;
>>
>> *10-auth.conf*
>>
>> disable_plaintext_auth = no
>>> 2
>>> auth_mechanisms = plain login
>>>
>>
>> *20-pop3.conf*
>>
>> protocol pop3 {
>>> # Don't try to set mails non-recent or seen with POP3 sessions. This is
>>> # mostly intended to reduce disk I/O. With maildir it doesn't move
>>> files
>>> # from new/ to cur/, with mbox it doesn't write Status-header.
>>> #pop3_no_flag_updates = no
>>>
>>> # Support LAST command which exists in old POP3 specs, but has been
>>> removed
>>> # from new ones. Some clients still wish to use this though. Enabling
>>> this
>>> # makes RSET command clear all \Seen flags from messages.
>>> #pop3_enable_last = no
>>>
>>> # If mail has X-UIDL header, use it as the mail's UIDL.
>>> #pop3_reuse_xuidl = no
>>>
>>> # Keep the mailbox locked for the entire POP3 session.
>>> #pop3_lock_session = no
>>>
>>> # POP3 requires message sizes to be listed as if they had CR+LF
>>> linefeeds.
>>> # Many POP3 servers violate this by returning the sizes with LF
>>> linefeeds,
>>> # because it's faster to get. When this setting is enabled, Dovecot
>>> still
>>> # tries to do the right thing first, but if that requires opening the
>>> # message, it fallbacks to the easier (but incorrect) size.
>>> #pop3_fast_size_lookups = no
>>>
>>> # POP3 UIDL (unique mail identifier) format to use. You can use
>>> following
>>> # variables, along with the variable modifiers described in
>>> # doc/wiki/Variables.txt (e.g. %Uf for the filename in uppercase)
>>> #
>>> # %v - Mailbox's IMAP UIDVALIDITY
>>> # %u - Mail's IMAP UID
>>> # %m - MD5 sum of the mailbox headers in hex (mbox only)
>>> # %f - filename (maildir only)
>>> # %g - Mail's GUID
>>> #
>>> # If you want UIDL compatibility with other POP3 servers, use:
>>> # UW's ipop3d : %08Xv%08Xu
>>> # Courier : %f or %v-%u (both might be used simultaneosly)
>>> # Cyrus (<= 2.1.3) : %u
>>> # Cyrus (>= 2.1.4) : %v.%u
>>> # Dovecot v0.99.x : %v.%u
>>> # tpop3d : %Mf
>>> #
>>> # Note that Outlook 2003 seems to have problems with %v.%u format
>>> which was
>>> # Dovecot's default, so if you're building a new server it would be a
>>> good
>>> # idea to change this. %08Xu%08Xv should be pretty fail-safe.
>>> #
>>> #pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
>>>
>>> # Permanently save UIDLs sent to POP3 clients, so pop3_uidl_format
>>> changes
>>> # won't change those UIDLs. Currently this works only with Maildir.
>>> #pop3_save_uidl = no
>>>
>>> # POP3 logout format string:
>>> # %i - total number of bytes read from client
>>> # %o - total number of bytes sent to client
>>> # %t - number of TOP commands
>>> # %p - number of bytes sent to client as a result of TOP command
>>> # %r - number of RETR commands
>>> # %b - number of bytes sent to client as a result of RETR command
>>> # %d - number of deleted messages
>>> # %m - number of messages (before deletion)
>>> # %s - mailbox size in bytes (before deletion)
>>> # %u - old/new UIDL hash. may help finding out if UIDLs changed
>>> unexpectedly
>>> #pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
>>>
>>> # Maximum number of POP3 connections allowed for a user from each IP
>>> address.
>>> # NOTE: The username is compared case-sensitively.
>>> #mail_max_userip_connections = 3
>>> # Space separated list of plugins to load (default is global
>>> mail_plugins).
>>> #mail_plugins = $mail_plugins
>>>
>>> # Workarounds for various client bugs:
>>> # outlook-no-nuls:
>>> # Outlook and Outlook Express hang if mails contain NUL characters.
>>> # This setting replaces them with 0x80 character.
>>> # oe-ns-eoh:
>>> # Outlook Express and Netscape Mail breaks if end of headers-line
>>> is
>>> # missing. This option simply sends it if it's missing.
>>> # The list is space-separated.
>>> #pop3_client_workarounds =
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Tam Nguyen <tam8gu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> could you please give me output of the following files, run these
>>> commands:
>>>
>>> grep -v "^#" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf
>>> grep -v "^#" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Tam
>>>
>>
>>
>
