I create a user with cyradm and test like this: localhost.localdomain> lm user.cu01 (\HasNoChildren)
# sasldblistusers2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: userPassword [EMAIL PROTECTED]: userPassword [EMAIL PROTECTED]: userPassword [EMAIL PROTECTED]: userPassword [EMAIL PROTECTED]: userPassword [EMAIL PROTECTED]: userPassword # imtest -a cu01 localhost S: * OK Chowroc Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.16 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES IDLE AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=CRAM-MD5 S: C01 OK Completed C: A01 AUTHENTICATE DIGEST-MD5 S: + bm9uY2U9IjhnYW9FajRQMUxDdzhHeDZCdkJyZ3cvQUNiRnZrdEU1WDBYVURNa3NDOTQ9IixyZWFsbT0iQ2hvd3JvYyIscW9wPSJhdXRoLGF1dGgtaW50LGF1dGgtY29uZiIsY2lwaGVyPSJyYzQtNDAscmM0LTU2LHJjNCxkZXMsM2RlcyIsbWF4YnVmPTQwOTYsY2hhcnNldD11dGYtOCxhbGdvcml0aG09bWQ1LXNlc3M= Please enter your password:C: dXNlcm5hbWU9ImN1MDEiLHJlYWxtPSJDaG93cm9jIixub25jZT0iOGdhb0VqNFAxTEN3OEd4NkJ2QnJndy9BQ2JGdmt0RTVYMFhVRE1rc0M5ND0iLGNub25jZT0iRnBIMUdJdm1kRkRzNnhYendhT0tCYnJvYnBtRDkyTTkvd1YrcUl2aHZVaz0iLG5jPTAwMDAwMDAxLHFvcD1hdXRoLWNvbmYsY2lwaGVyPSJyYzQiLG1heGJ1Zj0xMDI0LGRpZ2VzdC11cmk9ImltYXAvbG9jYWxob3N0LmxvY2FsZG9tYWluIixyZXNwb25zZT04ZDE4MjAzMDAyYjc1ZDIwZDFiYWM1MzYyNGJiZGEwZQ== S: + cnNwYXV0aD0yZmEzZjYwN2JkMTlmOGZhZTMxOTk3ODQ3ZDhjOWI1Yg== C: S: A01 OK Success (privacy protection) Authenticated. Security strength factor: 128 # imtest -m login -a cu01 localhost S: * OK Chowroc Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.16 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES IDLE AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=CRAM-MD5 S: C01 OK Completed Please enter your password: C: L01 LOGIN cu01 {4} S: + go ahead C: <omitted> S: L01 NO Login failed: authentication failure Authentication failed. generic failure Security strength factor: 0 Thus, if I use mutt to get the mails with POP3, I get "SASL authentication failed". Is there anyone can tell me what's wrong? thanks. --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html