> > I have had over 1000 downloads and not a single complaint
> at all. Very
> > strange! It shouldn't have over written your configuration file.
> >
>
> I actually did find some problems in the install. These are
> the things I
> learned:
>
> When updating dovecot, my dovecot.conf is actually keps and
> the new conf
> is savd as .rpmnew - however, I had some configuration variables in
> the file, that were not valid any more - forgot which one
> thoughh, but
> is was in relation to login_max something.
>
> So, I tried taking the rpmnew conf instead - this made
> doveconf start up
> but pop3 and pop3s failed altogether. It turned out that this
> line in my
> old conf:
>
> protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
>
> in this conf was reduced to:
>
> protocols = imap imaps
>
> Okay - I changed that, and now I was able to pop the account,
> however,
> upon entering my username I got an error that plaintext
> login was not
> allowed, so I changed:
>
> #disable_plaintext_auth = yes
>
> to
>
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
>
> I bet a ot of other BQ users also use plaintext logins !
>
> Now I could login, but was kicked immediately with some
> pop3_uid error
> in maillog.
>
> So I changed:
>
> # pop3_uidl_format =
>
> to:
>
> pop3_uidl_format = %u
>
> Now I was able to login to an account, type commands and all, but my
> mails vere not visible. I found that this had slipped. In the
> new conf
> this variable is not set:
>
> #mail_location =
>
> I changed this to:
>
> mail_location = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=mbox
>
> And now I was able to see my mails - I guess this should be
> default on BQ.
>
> Hope you are able to change this, and other users may use this to get
> their mail working with the new conf.
Thanks, Jes!
The only setting I missed was pop3_uidl_format ...
Now the new conf works,
Best,
--
Arthur Sherman
+972-52-4878851
http://www.cpt.co.il/