mail.app not accepting password

[jorisx]

Hi there,

I've several domains and email accounts setup and they used to connect well to my server but the last few month i need to repeatedly type in my password before it will connect and receive email.

Sometimes it won't even accept my email passwords for 5 or more times. While the webmail client accepts it straight away.

Is there anything I can optimize in the server imap settings so mail clients accepted the passwords normally, in one try??


example log:
Jun 28 08:17:27 da dovecot[6458]: imap-login: Login: user=<xxx>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
Jun 28 08:17:27 da dovecot[6458]: IMAP(xxx): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=85/365

it seems like it does a login and then directly logs out ?!



Any help really appreciated
Thanx

 

[jorisx]

here some more logs

Jun 28 08:10:35 da dovecot[6458]: auth(default): passwd(emailaddress,xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx): unknown user
Jun 28 08:10:35 da dovecot[6458]: imap-login: Maximum number of connections from user+IP exceeded (mail_max_userip_connections): user=<emailaddress>, method=PLAIN, rip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=yy.yy.yy.yy
Jun 28 08:10:53 da dovecot[6458]: IMAP(emailaddress): Disconnected for inactivity bytes=214/928
Jun 28 08:11:02 da dovecot[6458]: IMAP(emailaddress): Disconnected for inactivity bytes=38/282
Jun 28 08:11:04 da dovecot[6458]: IMAP(emailaddress): Disconnected for inactivity bytes=59/565

or has it to do with mail_max_userip_connections ?

 

[zEitEr]

or has it to do with mail_max_userip_connections ?

Yes, it might be the reason. As soon as your connection is dropped you need to reconnect and enter your login and password one more time. So try to increase its value.