I am migrating from UW's POP3 server (mbox), to Dovecote (mbox ->
maildir).
Anyway, I am concerned about the Logging details offered by Dovecot, as
I manage several details from the logging information provided by UW's
Syslog information. Here's a sample of the UW information:
Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: pop3 service init from 66.207.133.233
Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: Auth user=aewhale
host=ns.ABS-CompTech.com [66.207.133.233] nmsgs=0/0
Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: Logout user=aewhale
host=ns.ABS-CompTech.com [66.207.133.233] nmsgs=0 ndele=0
The first time I connected to the server to test the information, I got
the following:
Oct 7 20:22:17 ns6 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc26 starting up
Oct 7 20:22:37 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<aewhale>,
method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
Oct 7 20:23:44 ns6 dovecot: POP3(aewhale): Disconnected: Logged out
top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/800,size=1576887
None of the other connections reported information about the mailbox or
the connections. Here is what I see:
Oct 7 20:39:14 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=PLAIN,
rip=66.207.133.233, lip=66.207.133.228
Oct 7 20:59:42 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN,
rip=71.162.15.2, lip=66.207.133.228
Oct 7 21:39:12 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN,
rip=66.207.133.233, lip=66.207.133.228
Oct 7 21:39:42 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN,
rip=71.162.15.2, lip=66.207.133.228
I never see the POP3 or Login messages any more. Can someone tell me
why? Is this not correctly working on my server yet?
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Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP
Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant
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