Authentication with dovecot fails with error "-ERR plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure(ssl/tls)connections"

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Issue

  • Authentication with dovecot fails with the following error:
-ERR plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure(ssl/tls)connections

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • dovecot

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