On Wednesday 30 December 2015 21:31:09 Jochen Spieker wrote: > David Baron: > > I can no longer log on to my IMAP server from my Android. I can do so from > > kmail but even the URL is translated to localhost. Using k-9 mail on the > > android. > > Is kmail running in the same host as Dovecot? That's the only way I can > think of that kmail is working with localhost as the IMAP server (or a > *very* broken entry in /etc/hosts). > > > I have dovecot listening to *,:: (both ivp4 and ivp6) > > I have tried with and without ssl,tls, neither works > > > > I am not sure when it stopped working, dovecot upgrades or new router. The > > desktop ufw is set to allow all out and 143 in for all the combinations. > > If you only allow 143, IMAP over SSL will not work. It uses 993. > > > The router's port forwarding is set up the same way. > > > > Should work. > > What else do I need? > > You are a little short on details. What error message do you receive > from K9?
Cannot contact server. If I take domain out of hosts, same for kmail. Using 143, startls on both. Has to be the port forwarding but this is all very straightforward.