On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 16:54 -0800, Jay Welch wrote: > Dovecot Version: 1.2.16 > > > I am having issues with Thunderbird connecting to Dovecot at random > times. Usually an error comes up and states that Thunderbird cannot > connect to the server. The only way I have been able to fix this is > reset/repair the network connection or reboot the computer. Is there any > parameters I can change in Dovecot to fix this issue? Does anyone know > what is likely going on? I have been reading forums and I cannot find > anything.
Dovecot always logs the reason for logout, e.g.: > Nov 24 02:53:24 imap(tss): Info: Connection closed in=0 out=291 This means that the connection got disconnected (i.e. Dovecot didn't do the disconnection) > Nov 24 02:52:47 imap(tss): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=8 out=334 And this means that the client used a LOGOUT command. and so on. Find the log entries about the times when you're having problems. Dovecot logs about every single connection it sees. If you don't see a log message about some connection, it means that Dovecot never saw it, and the problem is outside Dovecot. I'd first look into any antivirus/software firewalls you've installed. They're usually the reason for connection problems with Windows.
