Well, that's good to know. However figuring out that it has to be 'something' and then forgetting it a few months later when the owner of the crappy app claims Exchange "isn't working" again is something we wish to help people avoid :)
It's nice having this setup to prove it's not an Exchange problem from the command line of the application server. :) In front of his manager who then has to eat crow for the rather nasty words he just said. Steven Peck On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sidebar: > > It doesn't have to be a "?". IMAP requires that you provide an identifier so > that a specific input and the specific output relative to that input can be > identified. > > That is because IMAP allows you to pre-feed commands and not wait on their > responses. For example: > > A001 LOGON .... > A002 COMMANDA > A003 COMMANDB > <wait-a-while> > *A003 <result for COMMANDB> > *A001 LOGONG SUCCESSFUL > .. > .. > .. > You get the idea. > > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > MCSE/Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Peck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:55 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: Re: IMAP > > cmdline and technet > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189326/en-us > > An _important_ note... In steps 2 and later, that question mark '?', > that's not for show. You _have_ to type it in. You _have_ to add a > space after it. It's very irritating... > > ? LOGIN NTDOMAIN/NTACCOUNT/ALIAS PASSWORD > > Domain: corp > NtAccount: john > Alias: jdoe > Password: something > > ? LOGIN corp/john/jdoe something > > This will tell you if IMAP is working at all. > > Steven Peck > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:07 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > My apologize for not being knowledgeable here, but I was told we need to > > enable IMAP so some app could use it. We are testing using Outlook Express > > and get the following message: > > > > > > > > I just tried an got the following error: "No connection could be made > > because the target machine actively refused it." > > > > > > > > My first thought is that the IP address is not being allowed to talk to > the > > Exchange server, but checking access permissions the IP's of the clients > are > > allowed - we're trying to connect from the same LAN as the Exchange box. > > > > > > > > Where should I look next? > > > > > > > > Dave Lum - Systems Engineer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 > > "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
