Re: [exim] dovecot_login authenticator failed for (User) [4…

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Author: Jan Ingvoldstad
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To: necktwi
CC: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] dovecot_login authenticator failed for (User) [45.125.66.123]: 535 Incorrect authentication data
On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:37 PM necktwi via Exim-users <exim-users@???>
wrote:

> I have also set
>
> unix_listener auth-client {
>     mode = 0660
>     user = mail
>   }

>
> in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
>
> I don't understand why dovecot_login authenticator fails though I have
> given the right username and password to my mail client.
> Please help me debug the issue. can i make the error: Incorrect
> authentication data, more verbose?



Exim does not have information about the Dovecot internals, so this is
really a question for Dovecot users.

However, I happen to know that at least with Debian's packaging, Dovecot by
default logs to a combination of /var/log/mail.info, mail.err, mail.warn,
and mail.log, depending on your configuration of
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf

So check the settings there, and consider enabling e.g. auth_debug = yes
and auth_verbose = yes, and ask any questions regarding Dovecot auth
debugging on the relevant Dovecot mailing list.

--
Jan