[gentoo-user] Dovecot config

[antlists]

I'm trying to configure dovecot to give me a mix of virtual and real 
users. It's working fine for my real id.

But it's not working for my antlists virtual id :-(

I know it's the authentication messing up,  but I don't know what or how 
to fix it - I don't use anything more complicated than /etc/passwd,  and 
it looks like it's desperate to use pam.auth and getting itself all in a 
twist.

If I create the dovecot passwd file with

antlists:{PLAIN}password

thunderbird complains that there's a problem with the server.

But if I use htpasswd to create the entry in the passwd file, it complains
pam_faillock(imap:auth): User unknown

So as a complete guess, I'm thinking maybe htpasswd and dovecot are 
using different encryptions? I just don't have a clue how to get them on 
the same page ...

Cheers,
Wol