Re: dovecot imapd on network
On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 02:56:13PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> The Debian Lenny Dovecot 1.0.15 dovecot.conf disables plain text login
> by default as a security measure. Look for the following in
> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
>
> # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless
> # SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that if the remote IP
> # matches the local IP (ie. you're connecting from the same computer), the
> # connection is considered secure and plaintext authentication is allowed.
> # disable_plaintext_auth = yes
>
> This would explain why you can log in via Thunderbird on the Debian
> Lenny machine which _is your workstation_ not a server, but not from
> your laptop.
>
> To use IMAPS requires a cert and key file. You must generate these,
> unless you already have them.
>
On my installation, the cert was generated for me behind-the-scenes. At
least I don't remember doing it myself, and I would have had to do some
research in order to generate my own cert, and I don't remember doing
that...
-Rob
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