Zilvinas Atkociunas wrote:
> Hello David,
>
> IMHO you should check if imap is "activated".
> just type
>
> 1. netstat -vat (named view)
> or
> 2. netstat -vatn (numeric view)
> (both commands are useful)
>
> this will show what daemons on your pc are listen for connections.
> Look for imap or :143 port (depends on what option you've used in your
> command line)
> My guess is that your imap is not activated and you won't find imap or 143
> entries
>
> Activate imap.
> This is controlled by /etc/inetd.conf file - some basic daemons (ftpd, popd,
> telnetd) are controlled from this file (other daemons can be controlled
> using 'ntsysv' command)
> open above mentioned file , find a line with #imap entry and remove #
> (uncoment)
>
> Now you should "activate" changes:
> find what is a pid number of inetd (number in the first column)
> ps ax | more
> then issue
> kill -1 pid (number of inetd process)
>
> Now check out again with netstat -vat or netstat -vatn. I bet imap2 will
> apear and you'll succesfuly retrieve your mail using IMAP.
> There's one more useful option of netstat - vatnp (add p letter) - this will
> show what process is listen on what port.
>
> I guess this will help you. If not - sorry for long and anoyng letter.
>
> Vincent
> Lithuania
Ok, well I tried what you suggested and it pointed me in the right direction to
find an answer. On Mandrake 7.2 with a server install, all of my inetd services
are controlled with xinetd. To get imap working I had to:
(1) edit /etc/inetd.conf and un-comment imap;
(2) edit /etc/xinetd.d/imap and change disabled = yes to no;
(3) /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart.
Just changing the inetd.conf had no effect due to the /etc/xinetd.d/imap
disabled = yes being set. Thanks for your help!
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ASEL -- Instrument
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