Christian Cernuschi wrote:
i'm setting an imap server under gentoo but i get this error what does it mean?
It means that you have allowplaintext:no set in imapd.conf, which disables and plaintext authentication mechanism (either protocol specific or PLAIN/LOGIN) unless protected by an external layer (eg. SSL/TLS).
lyra root # telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK lyra Cyrus POP3 v2.1.12 server ready <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> user prova -ERR [AUTH] USER command only available under a layer
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