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List:       info-cyrus
Subject:    Re: ERR: USER command only available under a layer
From:       Ken Murchison <ken () oceana ! com>
Date:       2003-08-27 12:25:18
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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 <1210328575.1061987199@lyra>
> user prova
> -ERR [AUTH] USER command only available under a layer
> 
> 

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