Rob Owens put forth on 11/3/2010 5:09 PM: > 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...
My error. You are correct Rob, they are installed automatically. I was thinking of the ssl_ca_file. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd1df41.5000...@hardwarefreak.com
