[Workaround.org] imap problems

Dennis Guhl guhl at ikt.de
Thu Sep 2 11:48:49 CEST 2010


On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 06:32:03AM +0200, Torbjørn Sandvik wrote:

[..]

> >Try 127.0.0.1 and the external IP instead of localhost. After this take a
> look at /etc/hosts if there is 127.0.0.1 as an IP for localhost.
> telnet 127.0.0.1 imap
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to 127.0.0.1.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> * OK Dovecot ready.
> 
> There line wiht localhost was missing in /etc/hosts.

If somebody ask you if you changed some file never -- I stress this
*never* *ever* -- asume nothing changed.

Would you have taken the time to look at your /etc/hosts after Javier
asked you on August 24th (almost _ten_ days ago!) if there was any
change in there you would have been happy again a long time ago and
almost all of the last 20+ emails on this topic would have never been 
necessary.

> telnet localhost imap2
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> * OK Dovecot ready.
> login xzibiz at bx-networks.net mypassword
> login BAD Error in IMAP command received by server.> Is all that connected
> true dovecot ?
> 
> so there is something wrong with imap and dovecot.. but what..

There is nothing wrong with IMAP or dovecot. You just did not talk
IMAP properly (see http://wiki.dovecot.org/TestInstallation for
advise).

> I can login with pop3. True telnet
> 
> But the strangest thing Is that webmail is now working.. hmm strange.

Nothing strange. Webmail knows how to talk IMAP ;)

> So thank you for all your help Dennis :)

dnf

Dennis


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