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How do I receive mail as root via dovecot using "plain" authentication?

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http://serverfault.com – I yum installed dovecot, then started the server. Here is what happens when I connect via telnet: xinaji:~ xinaji$ telnet cerulean-OW1.uni.cx 110 Trying 216.120.236.37... Connected to cerulean-ow1.uni.cx. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. USER root@cerulean-OW1.uni.cx +OK PASS mypassword -ERR Authentication failed. Pretty straightforward, but mypassword really is the password for root (that is, root the system user in /etc/passwd). So what is dovecot basing the password on? How do I get it to base the password on the system user's password? (HowTos)

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Submitted by taskli on 12/11/2012

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