Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Rune Berge
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:01:49PM +0100, Rune Berge wrote: > > I'm now able to send and recieve mail over my local network. I can also > > send mail out, but I can't recieve mail from outside. I assume this is > > because of my firewall. So, which ports need

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:01:49PM +0100, Rune Berge wrote: > I'm now able to send and recieve mail over my local network. I can also > send mail out, but I can't recieve mail from outside. I assume this is > because of my firewall. So, which ports needs to be forwarded in order to > get the mail s

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Mitchell Wright
> Yes, you can run both. This is *not* done in the MTA but provided by > IMAP and POP3 servers. The standard imap server (from uw) provides both > services. An MTA is never used to read mail - it's a Mail Transfer > Agent - i.e. server to server. An MUA (Mail User Agent) is used to read > mail.

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Rune Berge
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:52:26PM +0100, Rune Berge wrote: > > Sendmail is running, so that shouldn't be a problem. Perhaps it needs some > > config? > > If you simply installed sendmail and did nothing to configure it, then > it won't receive e-mail from ou

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 12:55:10PM -0500, Mitchell Wright wrote: > I am going to jump in here with a slight tangent - I hope no one minds. > > Is it possible to run IMAP & POP3? If so, I imagine that the internal > distribution mapping would be done in the MTA but I have been unable to > locate th

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Mitchell Wright
On 11/7/02 7:46 AM, "Ed Wilts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:13:19PM +0100, Rune Berge wrote: >> >> On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Alan Peery wrote: >> >>> For IMAP, yes. IMAP doesn't receive email, it distributes it. >> >> Aha. So is there some other service I should set up to

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:52:26PM +0100, Rune Berge wrote: > Sendmail is running, so that shouldn't be a problem. Perhaps it needs some > config? If you simply installed sendmail and did nothing to configure it, then it won't receive e-mail from outside the box. https://www.redhat.com/docs/manual

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Rune Berge
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Alan Peery wrote: > It's waiting for input on standard input. > > cat /etc/hosts | mail -s "host name list" fred wilma OK. I did this, but the there is still nothing in the users inbox when opening pine, and the files in var/spool/mail are still empty. I assume some kind of

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Alan Peery
Rune Berge wrote: Try logging onto the box, and running the command mail -s "test 1 2 3" fred wilma to see if those two users are getting email. this command doesn't return. Had to interrupt it with ctrl-c. Any clues to what might be my problem? It's waiting for input on s

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Rune Berge
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:13:19PM +0100, Rune Berge wrote: > > > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Alan Peery wrote: > > > > > For IMAP, yes. IMAP doesn't receive email, it distributes it. > > > > Aha. So is there some other service I should set up to recieve mail? > >

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:13:19PM +0100, Rune Berge wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Alan Peery wrote: > > > For IMAP, yes. IMAP doesn't receive email, it distributes it. > > Aha. So is there some other service I should set up to recieve mail? Yes. You need an MTA (Mail Transfer Agent). This

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Rune Berge
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Alan Peery wrote: > Rune Berge wrote: > > >OK. "$ netstat -an | grep 143" now returns the following: > >tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > >Is this how it's supposed to be? > > > For IMAP, yes. IMAP doesn't receive email, it distributes it. Aha. So is ther

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Alan Peery
Rune Berge wrote: OK. "$ netstat -an | grep 143" now returns the following: tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN Is this how it's supposed to be? For IMAP, yes. IMAP doesn't receive email, it distributes it. I still can't recieve mail. the users have files in /var/spool/mail, but they're all

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-07 Thread Rune Berge
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Eric Wood wrote: > > > Then: > > > $ netstat -an | grep 143 > > > check that you're listening on port 143. > > > > This, however, doesn't return anything. I guess that means I'm not > > listening in port 143. What should I do? > > Activate the imap services: > # chkconfig imap

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-06 Thread Eric Wood
- Original Message - From: "Rune Berge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Verify that imap is on port 143: > > $ getent services imap > > This returns "imap 143/tcp imap2" which I assume is a good sign. > > > Then: > > $ netstat -an | grep 143 > > check that you're listening on port 143. > > This, h

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-06 Thread Rune Berge
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Ed Wilts wrote: > > I've installed redhat 8 on my server, and I would like to use it as an > > IMAP server too. I've installed the IMAP package, but I don't know how to > > proceed to get the server up and running. Does anybody know of a good > > guide to setting up IMAP with

Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-06 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:14:49PM +0100, Rune Berge wrote: > > Hi. > > I've installed redhat 8 on my server, and I would like to use it as an > IMAP server too. I've installed the IMAP package, but I don't know how to > proceed to get the server up and running. Does anybody know of a good > guid

setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

2002-11-06 Thread Rune Berge
Hi. I've installed redhat 8 on my server, and I would like to use it as an IMAP server too. I've installed the IMAP package, but I don't know how to proceed to get the server up and running. Does anybody know of a good guide to setting up IMAP with RH8? Rune