dovecot - Jul 2008 - Cannot access IMAP from other computer on network

I am a newcomer to Dovecot so apologies if this is elementary.

I want to set up dovecot to allow other computers on my home network to
read emails on my desktop via IMAP. This computer is called arcadia.

dovecot is running and I can access the mail on the same computer with
mutt -f imap://ac at localhost.

If I use the above line on a different computer in the network it  says
"authenticaing 'PLAIN'" and then "logging in ..",
then "login failed" and
cuts out.

In /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf I have set

disable_plaintext_auth = no

I have no idea how to proceed further.

Anthony Campell

On 04 Jul 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I am a newcomer to Dovecot so apologies if this is elementary.
> 
> I want to set up dovecot to allow other computers on my home network to
> read emails on my desktop via IMAP. This computer is called arcadia.
> 
> dovecot is running and I can access the mail on the same computer with
> mutt -f imap://ac at localhost.
> 
> If I use the above line on a different computer in the network it  says
> "authenticaing 'PLAIN'" and then "logging in
..", then "login failed" and
> cuts out.
> 
> In /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf I have set
> 
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> 
> I have no idea how to proceed further.
> 
> Anthony Campell
> 


Sorry to follow up to my own email but immediatel after I sent it I
found the answer (always the way!). I had some imap entries in .muttrc
which were interfering with the login. Removing these made it work.

AnthonY

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