I've managed to turn on "plain" and now it seems I can logon.
Jun 13 17:24:20 ulmke2 dovecot[1973]:
imap(ulw)<2474><+kyqk4du5M7AqGQd>:
Namespace '': Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/u/ulw in=0 
out=373 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 
body_count=0 body_bytes=0
Jun 13 17:24:20 ulmke2 dovecot[1973]: imap-login: Login: user=<ulw>, 
method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.100.29, lip=192.168.100.2, mpid=2476, 
session=<GJCrk4du5s7AqGQd>
Jun 13 17:24:20 ulmke2 dovecot[1973]:
imap(ulw)<2476><GJCrk4du5s7AqGQd>:
Error: Namespace '': Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/u/ulw
All users mailboxes are $HOME/Mail
How do I tell Dovecot this?
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