Send the contents of /var/log/maillog please. I think sendmail is trying to
authenticate the outlook express client.
Try using Windows Eudora Lite which can access shell accts directly. That
should solve your problem.
Suresh Ramasubramanian | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Pinheiro [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 3:34 PM
> To: linux-india-help
> Cc: Archan Paul
> Subject: [LIH] email clients
>
> Hi Friends
>
> I had installed redhat 6.1 and configured sendmail for our email server.
> I can telnet and send/receive email, but i am unable to access the
> mailbox through email clients like outlook express etc. msg i get is
> 'either the system is down or is too busy'. I did install imap*.rpm but
> no luck.
>
> how do i fix this????? thanks for all the help.
>
> regards
>
> charles
>
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