On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 02:56:13PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > The Debian Lenny Dovecot 1.0.15 dovecot.conf disables plain text login > by default as a security measure. Look for the following in > /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: > > # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless > # SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that if the remote IP > # matches the local IP (ie. you're connecting from the same computer), the > # connection is considered secure and plaintext authentication is allowed. > # disable_plaintext_auth = yes > > This would explain why you can log in via Thunderbird on the Debian > Lenny machine which _is your workstation_ not a server, but not from > your laptop. > > To use IMAPS requires a cert and key file. You must generate these, > unless you already have them. > On my installation, the cert was generated for me behind-the-scenes. At least I don't remember doing it myself, and I would have had to do some research in order to generate my own cert, and I don't remember doing that...
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