dovecot - Apr 2010 - Cant get the config file just right

Hello, I have been trying to get POP3 on my ubuntu server for the past week
now (In Las Vegas on a family vacation carrying my netbook from hotel to
hotel.) My config file is below I am trying to access pop3 from Outlook
Express and Thunderbird with no luck. When ever I try to access pop3 with
one of these two programs I get a prompt saying my user/pass is invalid and
I am asked to logon again. I cant figure out whats wrong?!? Help would be
much appreciated. Thanks in advance!!:-D

-=-=-=-=-CONFIG FILE BELOW=-=-=-==-=-

# Required on x86_64 kernels
login_process_size = 64

protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
listen = *
ssl_listen = *
ssl_disable = yes
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
ssl_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt
ssl_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key

protocol imap {
 imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail
 listen = 127.0.0.1:10143
}
 
protocol pop3 {
 pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
 pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
}

protocol lda {
  postmaster_address = postmaster at example.com
}

auth default {
  mechanisms = plain login
  passdb pam {
  }
  userdb passwd {
  }
#  user = root
  socket listen {
    client {
    path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
    mode = 0660
    user = postfix
    group = postfix
    }
  }
}

dict {
  #quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot-dict-quota.conf
}

plugin {
}
mail_extra_groups = carlos admin users

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On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 05:29:07PM -0700, eng15ine
wrote:
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> Hello, I have been trying to get POP3 on my ubuntu server for the past week
> now (In Las Vegas on a family vacation carrying my netbook from hotel to
> hotel.) My config file is below I am trying to access pop3 from Outlook
> Express and Thunderbird with no luck. When ever I try to access pop3 with
> one of these two programs I get a prompt saying my user/pass is invalid and
> I am asked to logon again.
Maybe it's right? What do the log files say? (somewhere in
/var/log/auth.log on the server there sure is a hint on what is
happening. At least I'd guess that, since your config tells dovecot to
use PAM).

There is some config setting to debug authentication, but it escapes me
at the moment (just ask again and I'll look it up).
>                            I cant figure out whats wrong?!? Help would be
> much appreciated. Thanks in advance!!:-D
Which dovecot version are you using? (a "dpkg -l dovecot" on the
server
or similar might help).

Regards
- -- tom?s
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