> ++ this is what i got from the squirrelmail website, have you tried this:
Yes, I have taken a look at that. Infact when I telnet 143, I do get a response which to me confirms that imap is actually running (unless otherwise..) >> >> 1. Using squirrelmail, I am able to log into my e-mail account but >> instead >> of viewing the contents of my inbox, I get the error, "Connection >> dropped >> by imap-server." > > ++ http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/en_US/MailServerIMAPProblem > >> >> 2. I can't pop mail using M$ Outlook due to an invalid username or >> password. I am very certain about these details coz I am able to use >> the same for logging into the e-mail account via squirrelmail. > > ++ i noticed some time back when i installed courier-imap on a BSD box > that it > is sensitive to whitespace's especially when you are using it with the > mysql > module( what i was using then not sure about the rest), the authmysqlrc > file > will not complain that it has white space's but simply wont authenticate > the > user, you can up the logging level and get more verbose output in your > logs. > I did ensure that I had no white spaces at all in the authmysqlrc file. >> >> Note: I am running FreeBSD 4.x with the courier version packages as >> follows; >> >> courier-authlib-0.55_1 >> courier-imap-4.0.2 > > ++ At times you simply cant trust ports, you just have to try and build it > from source, have you tried that ?? > I do not have courier-imap as one of the available packages (rather interesting, I must say) from the CD/DVD option hence I can't build it from source. Rgds, Juki. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
