On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 10:20 -0500, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > Cyrus must be told how to authenticate users. Normally, it doesn't do the > authentication itself (it's not running as root, so it can't access > /etc/shadow > file). What is the value of sasl_pwcheck_method and sasl_mech_list in > /etc/imapd.conf file? You most likely want to set those to: > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > sasl_mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN My /etc/imapd.conf is stock - I have made no changes to it. > If sasl_pwcheck_method is set to saslauthd, is saslauthd running? If not fire > it up. The configuration file for saslauthd (actually, it is config file for saslauthd was not turned on. Turned on saslauthd and now the POP3 session is able to authenticate the users. However, I am now getting a different error: $ telnet saraswati 110 Trying 192.168.1.21... Connected to saraswati. Escape character is '^]'. +OK saraswati.surya-group.com Cyrus POP3 v2.2.12-Invoca-RPM-2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1 server ready <1361606062.1123870902 at saraswati.surya-group.com> user arunk +OK Name is a valid mailbox pass ********** -ERR [SYS/PERM] Unable to locate maildrop: Mailbox does not exist Looked through the man pages for imapd.conf but I am not sure which option I need to set. I experimented with "partition-default: /var/spool/mail" - no luck. Any pointers highly appreciated. Thanks. -- Arun Khan <knura at yahoo.com> Linux is a wigwam: No Windows, No Gates, Apache inside.