On Sunday 12 January 2003 10:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled incoherently: > > Ok...just to make sure, do a restart on both the Postfix service and the > > xinetd service to ensure they're running. This is usually the #1 cause of > > that particular error message when trying to connect to the imap service. > > It goes without saying that you've already got port 143 open for imap > > connections since you were connecting in that manner before. > > > > I too use Bastille, and haven't had any troubles with it. If you're still > > unable to connect just give a holler cause there's something tickling at > > the back of my neck for this, but I just can't put my finger on it. I'm > > sure though as we go through this it'll come to me. > > -- > > Mark > > GOT IT! (I hope!). > > Ok, I restarted both xinted, and postfix, and it works now! (whew). > So now I need to check the runlevels to be sure xinetd & company are in > there. msec cleaned a bunch of stuff out for me... (grr...). In putting > things back, I missed xinetd, hence the source of this round of > troubles. > > But I think I'm about there now. (whew!). imap connections work from > both inside, and outside, and the other services have come to life > again. > > I was digging too deep into the problem. Xinetd was not running... > Missed the obvious one.. > > > Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! > > Ric
Hi Ric, glad to hear all is well again. And you're quite welcome. it often takes two heads when one is currently buried up to it's armpits debugging things like that. Been there a few times myself. :) -- Mark ----------------------------------------------------------- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 & 9.0 ICQ# 27816299
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