#2343 new
Martin Bartosch

Cannot connect to Dovecot IMAP server ("Connection error (unknown reason)"

Reported by Martin Bartosch | June 15th, 2019 @ 09:40 PM

Hi,

I am trying to set up an IMAP account to a Dovecot server which I am currently using without any problems with Apple Mail.

If I set up the account in MailMate, after a few seconds of "spinning wheel" the account is marked as "unavailable".
If I try "Edit Subscriptions" a popup appears "Mailbox Retrieval Failed - Error: "Connection Error (unknown reason)."

I have triple checked that the server settings and the password are correct. I also have verified that a manual login to the server works (see truncated transcript below).

As mentioned, Apple Mail works fine with the same server settings for this server.
Is there a way to get more meaningful error messages, e. g. the server communication dialog output?

Cheers

Martin


$ openssl s_client -connect xxxxxx.de:993 CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=2 C = US, O = DigiCert Inc, OU = www.digicert.com, CN = DigiCert Global Root G2
verify return:1
depth=1 C = US, O = DigiCert Inc, OU = www.digicert.com, CN = GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1
verify return:1
depth=0 CN = XXXXX.de

verify return:1

... New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Server public key is 2048 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
No ALPN negotiated
SSL-Session:
Protocol : TLSv1.2 Cipher : DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 ... * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. . login XXXXX XXXXX . OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS] Logged in

Comments and changes to this ticket

  • benny

    benny June 17th, 2019 @ 01:33 PM

    Note the Activity Viewer menu item in the Window menu. This might help you locate the problem.

    If not, then write me again. It certainly should work with a Dovecot server.

    If you have a working account then you can also use “Help > Send Feedback” to send me the actual hostname and then I'll try connecting my self (if connecting and not authenticating is the main problem).

  • Martin Bartosch

    Martin Bartosch June 25th, 2019 @ 11:41 AM

    No activity is displayed at all.
    As requested I sent you the details on the server a few days ago.
    If you need a test account on the server let me know.

  • benny

    benny August 2nd, 2019 @ 01:36 PM

    • State changed from “new” to “reproduced”

    Private correspondence has helped determine that connecting works with openssl, but not in MailMate. It is currently unclear whether this is a problem with CFNetwork or MailMate. (The issue might only be triggered by an older version of Dovecot.)

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