Mark Lane said: > At 11:23 AM 6/12/03, you wrote: >>I've installed Postfix on my new Gentoo box, and have it configured for >> my >>domain. If I use MUTT from the command line, I can send and receive >> email >>outside my network. However, If I use my windows computer and MS >> Outlook, I >>am only able to send mail - receive isn't working. Outlook isn't >>complaining that it needs a username or server name, so it appears it is >>connecting and authenticating. And I KNOW the mail is being received >> because >>I can use MUTT to view it. So the problem is a communication or >>authentication issue between Outlook and Postfix. >> >>I'm not experienced enough yet to know what parts of the config file(s) >> are >>pertinent in this case, but I suspect the problem is either in main.cf, >> or >>with my sasl configuration (Using Cyrus-sasl for authentication - no SSL >>yet). > > The config has nothing to do with this. MTA don't handle IMAP or POP > themselves. Even Sendmail doesn't do that itself. You need to run a POP3 > or > IMAP Daemon to handle the download of the email to Outlook. I am sure > Gentoo comes with a basic pop3 daemon which probably runs out of > xinetd. You will need to make sure that is running and that your > firewall > isn't blocking tcp and udp packets on port 110.
Actually, Gentoo by default doesn't come with anything :) A basic install only contains the base system, cron, system logger of some sort and that's pretty much it. You will have to choose what pop3/imap daemon you want and emerge it, the choices are pretty much Courier-IMAP or Cyrus-IMAP. If you are new to the IMAP deamon thing, I would recommend Courier-IMAP. By default those daemons are installed as standalone services (Ie, they run out of /etc/init.d/something and not xinetd). xinetd isn't even installed by default, inetd is installed as part of the netkit-base package but there is no config file for it. Cheers, -- Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resume: http://www.thelauders.net/resume/ Gentoo Linux Powered "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -- Albert Einstein
