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I recently installed/configured Postfix and Dovecot on my Debian Squeeze server. I can send mail using telnet so I know everything is working alright, but I cannot connect the account to Outlook. Is there something I'm missing? Related maybe to SASL or SMTP?

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Assuming th'art requiring authentication for SMTP, the most likely explanation is that the "login" mechanism is not enabled in dovecot's config - the relevant file is probably /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf but may be something suitably named in /etc/dovecot/conf.d. One of them should have a mechanisms line, which needs to include login - Outlook does not support the plain mechanism.

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  • I have mechanisms = plain login in dovecot.conf and have switched it around to "plain, login" or "login plain" but to no avail unfortunately.
    – Joey Miller
    Jan 10, 2013 at 1:59
  • Sounds like I'm wrong, then. Sorry I was unable to help.
    – Darael
    Jan 10, 2013 at 16:35

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