To turn on debug mode in Dovecot, please update below parameter in Dovecot
config file dovecot.conf
:
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
mail_debug = yes
Restart Dovecot service.
Dovecot is configured to log into 3 log files:
/var/log/dovecot.log
: main log file./var/log/dovecot-sieve.log
: sieve related log./var/log/dovecot-lmtp.log
: lmtp related log. NOTE: old iRedMail release
doesn't have this file.If you need authentication and password related debug message, turn on related settings and restart dovecot service.
auth_verbose = yes
auth_debug = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_verbose_passwords = yes
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