pop3/imap failing to connect

[Mark Riddoch]

Hi all,   I have a slightly baffling roblem with a new RedHat 7.1 install I have just done. I installed the imap rpm from the CD’s I have (imap-2000-9). It all seems to work from the localhost, but none of my windows clients can connect to either the pop3 or imap services. According to netstat –a the pop3 and imap are listening on the correct ports, *.pop3 and *.imap. If I do telnet mailhost 110 from the windows clients it hangs for a while and then reports unable to connect. If I do telnet mailhost 110 from the mailhost it all works fine. The hosts entries for mailhost are correct on both the windows clients and the linux box. I’ve tried various entries in /etc/hosts.allow, eg ALL: client and ipop3d: ALL. I’m not sure what should go in the hosts.allow for this service, if it is even needed.   There is nothing in the messages file or maillog that refer to the failed connections.  What am I missing?   Thanks Mark   Mark Riddoch bluparc Personalisation Analysis Real-Time Communication Quayside House              Phone:  +44 (0)1753 754 948 Thames Side                   Fax:       +44 (0)1753 754 941 Windsor - SL4 1QN          Mobile:   +44 (0)7850 218 966 UK                                e-mail:   riddoch@bluparc.com