pop3test error

[Ken Murchison]

Arunvijai wrote:
> Hello all,
> When i run pop3test against Cyrus POP3 server, i get the following error,
> 
> ================================
> ./pop3test -p 8888 -m apop 127.0.0.1
> S: +OK abc Cyrus POP3 v2.1.11 server ready 3456385870.1053169034 at abc
> C: CAPA
> S: +OK List of capabilities follows
> S: SASL OTP GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
> S: EXPIRE NEVER
> S: LOGIN-DELAY 0
> S: TOP
> S: UIDL
> S: PIPELINING
> S: RESP-CODES
> S: AUTH-RESP-CODE
> S: USER
> S: IMPLEMENTATION Cyrus POP3 server v2.1.11
> S: .
> Please enter your password:
> C: APOP cyrus 621bcf7a093232f11c36c67e380aeebe
> S: -ERR [SYS/PERM] Unable to open maildrop
> Authentication failed. generic failure
> Security strength factor: 0
> =================================================
> 
> But the imtest works fine.Any ideas will be helpful to me to solve this
> problem.

There are two potential problems:

First, the cyrus user most likely doesn't (and probably shouldn't) have 
an INBOX.  So even if authentication succeeds, it will appear to fail 
when the INBOX can be accessed.  You need to login or proxy as a regular 
user.  If you know a regular user's password, then try:

./pop3test -p 8888 -m apop -a <userid> 127.0.0.1

If you don't know a user's password, then try:

./pop3test -p 8888 -m digest-md5 -a cyrus -u <userid> 127.0.0.1


Second, if you don't have user passwords in sasldb2, you can't use APOP 
(or any other non-plaintext mech).  Try:

./pop3test -p 8888 -m user -a <userid> 127.0.0.1


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