dovecot - Dec 2009 - Issue Authenticating to a new dovecot-postfix installation

I have installed dovecot-postfix and postfixadmin on an Ubuntu 9.10 
machine.
The userdb and passdb are both mysql.
If I set up a user in postfixadmin they are able to send.
I can successfully telnet into the server remotely by name on 110 and 25.
I'm not looking for any authentication encryption/ssl any of that, just 
POP3/SMTP.
When I telnet into 110 I can enter a username with user [username] then 
when I do pass [password] I get -ERR Authentication failed.
I know the user info is correct.
When I set up an account in Outlook Express I get "There was a problem 
logging onto your mail server. Your Password was rejected:" Also saying 
-ERR Authentication failed.'. (0x800ccc90,0x800ccc92)
So basically the same thing.
I can attach the tutorial I used in as a .doc if that would help.
Anyway, here is my relevant info I think.

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Version 1.1.11
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dovecot-sql.conf GREP

driver = mysql
connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=password
default_pass_scheme = PLAIN
user_query = SELECT '/var/vmail/%d/%n' as home, 
'maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n' as mail, 150 AS uis, 8 AS gid, 
concat(dirsize:storage=',quota) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = 
'%u' AND active = 1
password_query = SELECT username as user, password, '/var/vmail/%d/%n' 
as userdb_home,'maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n' as userdb_mail, 150 as 
userdb_uid, 8 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND 
active = 1
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root at mail:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n
# 1.1.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Error: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 1076: 
Unknown section type (section changed in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf at 
line 1038)
Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf


Starting line 1076--->
  master {
      # Master socket provides access to userdb information. It's typically
      # used to give Dovecot's local delivery agent access to userdb so it
      # can find mailbox locations.
      path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
      mode = 0660
      # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root)
      user = vmail
      group = mail
    }




  # SQL database <doc/wiki/AuthDatabase.SQL.txt>
  userdb sql {
    # Path for SQL configuration file
    args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
 Line 138 -->  }


I don't understand the issue with these lines.
They refer to dovecot.conf though.
The config file is clearly dovecot-postfix.conf so I am confused as to 
why the other matters. I had noticed changes only when I changed 
dovecot.conf though. (In dovecot -n output)
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(Apologies if this is a resend, but I thought I had received a 
bounceback message.)

I have installed dovecot-postfix and postfixadmin on an Ubuntu 9.10 
machine.
The userdb and passdb are both mysql.
If I set up a user in postfixadmin they are able to send.
I can successfully telnet into the server remotely by name on 110 and 25.
I'm not looking for any authentication encryption/ssl any of that, just 
POP3/SMTP.
When I telnet into 110 I can enter a username with user [username] then 
when I do pass [password] I get -ERR Authentication failed.
I know the user info is correct.
When I set up an account in Outlook Express I get "There was a problem 
logging onto your mail server. Your Password was rejected:" Also saying 
-ERR Authentication failed.'. (0x800ccc90,0x800ccc92)
So basically the same thing.
I can attach the tutorial I used in as a .doc if that would help.
Anyway, here is my relevant info I think.

--
--
--
Version 1.1.11
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
dovecot-sql.conf GREP

driver = mysql
connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=password
default_pass_scheme = PLAIN
user_query = SELECT '/var/vmail/%d/%n' as home, 
'maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n' as mail, 150 AS uis, 8 AS gid, 
concat(dirsize:storage=',quota) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = 
'%u' AND active = 1
password_query = SELECT username as user, password, '/var/vmail/%d/%n' 
as userdb_home,'maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n' as userdb_mail, 150 as 
userdb_uid, 8 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND 
active = 1
--------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------


root at mail:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n
# 1.1.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Error: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 1076: 
Unknown section type (section changed in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf at 
line 1038)
Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf


Starting line 1076--->
  master {
      # Master socket provides access to userdb information. It's typically
      # used to give Dovecot's local delivery agent access to userdb so it
      # can find mailbox locations.
      path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
      mode = 0660
      # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root)
      user = vmail
      group = mail
    }




  # SQL database <doc/wiki/AuthDatabase.SQL.txt>
  userdb sql {
    # Path for SQL configuration file
    args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
 Line 138 -->  }


I don't understand the issue with these lines.
They refer to dovecot.conf though.
The config file is clearly dovecot-postfix.conf so I am confused as to 
why the other matters. I had noticed changes only when I changed 
dovecot.conf though. (In dovecot -n output)

On Fri, 2010-01-01 at 19:00 -0500, Charles Marcus wrote: 
> >> What has this got to do with anything,  It was well before
Christmas.
> 
> > It was 12/10/09... two weeks... pretty close if you ask me, lots of
> > people take 2-3 week vacations during this time of year.
> 
> Oh... and the only message that shows up in the archives is the
> follow-up you posted yourself on the 15th - the original is nowhere to
> be found.

as stated im not going to bore this list, however a 6 sec search found
it in neohapsis archives.

this is not the postfix users list, so this part of the thread is ended
as far as im concerned so it can go back to helping the OP.
I have said all i am saying, so i wont be bothering with this thread
from this point on, because you and I will likely just dispute whatever
the  other says and piss people off by OT crap..