Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:09:10 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@magnesium.net> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: IMAP quandry... . Message-ID: <20080318160910.GA93528@thought.org>
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People,
Sometime yesterday, problems with sending out mail began
happening. I am not sure how my IMAP passwd could have been
altered. But it is.
I first saw this is using mutt from my "desktop" (tao) to my
mailserver, (aristotle). On to, in ~/.mutt/muttrc is:
set mbox_type=Maildir
set mask="!^\\.[^.]"
set mbox="~/Maildir"
set record="imaps://aristotle.thought.org/INBOX/.Mutt Sent Items"
set copy=yes
set postponed="imaps://aristotle.thought.org/.Drafts"
set spoolfile=imaps://aristotle.thought.org/INBOX
set folder=imaps://aristotle.thought.org
set imap_user=kline
set imap_pass=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
set use_domain=yes
set duplicate_threads=yes
set realname="Gary Kline"
set from=kline@thought.org
set signature=~/.signature
set editor="vi"
set sendmail="/usr/local/bin/nbsmtp -U kline -P XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -d thought.org -h aristotle.thought.org -f kline@thought.org
Last night I had troubles sending mail _out_ via mutt; because I
can use vi I send most long messages using mutt. Then I tried kmail.
Same deal when I tried to send. I was able to mouse-swipe this
dialogue:
<QUOTE>
Sending failed:
Your SMTP server does not support PLAIN. Choose a different authentication method. The server responded: "5.7.0 authentication failed"
The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder.
The following transport protocol was used: aristotle.thought.org
Do you want me to continue sending the remaining messages?
</QUOTE>
I had/have no clue how to fix this; thus, this email to the list.
I just tried evolutionn thaat reequested my IMAP password. I tried
my "XXXXXXXX" above---which was what I set it to initially when my
friend in Dallas, TX helped me set this up in Jan. [[ He helped me
yesteerday to get rsync working to auto-backup web and other config
files from aristotle to other computers. Can't see any reason that
anythiing-IMAP would have been touched.]]
At any rate, *where* is the IMAP stuff stashed on aristotle? A
mail app called "dovecot" is installed. Is the password stuff
kept somewhere in plaintext? And:: WHY do I need this level of
security? I would rather not have any password protection on my email...
thanks for any help,
gary
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