On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:35:32 -0800 (PST) Michael Sullivan wrote: > > I tried the telnet thing and it all worked correctly: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] michael $ telnet bullet 143 > Trying 192.168.1.2... > Connected to bullet.espersunited.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > * OK dovecot ready. > 1 login michael <censored> > 1 OK Logged in. > 2 logout > * BYE Logging out > 2 OK Logout completed. > Connection closed by foreign host. > > I still can't log into the IMAP server from evolution. > Does it matter that there aren't any folders under my > account on the server?
It might, but then I suspect the telnet would have failed too. However you could try on the telnet, after logging in, the following: 34 LIST "" * this should show a list of mailboxes - perhaps if evo is unable to get a list it craps out? dunno (again 34 is an arbitrary label) another useful thing to try is SELECT INBOX 87 SELECT INBOX * FLAGS (Junk NonJunk $Forwarded \Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (Junk NonJunk $Forwarded \* \Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)] Limited * 11921 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1076206246] Ok * OK [MYRIGHTS "acdilrsw"] ACL 87 OK [READ-WRITE] Ok you may get different options etc, but you should get some response. this should succeed as there should always be an INBOX. > what's the next thing I should > check? I don't have a /var/log/pam or anything > similar. I checked /var/log/messages (the only one > that seemed relevant) and my telnet login was logged. > I opened up evolution and tried to connect to the IMAP > server and failed, then went back to > /var/log/messages. My attempt from evolution was not > listed there... Is evolution working on the same machine you did the telnet test from? I wall assume so. ok working logically it seems to me that there may be a problem with the details you put into evolution. Please double check the mail account options in evolution. if that doesn't sort it, I suggest running tcpdump on the server, tuned to port 143, like this: tcpdump port 143 at least then you will be able to see if there is any traffic on the imap port, which is 143. (you may need to emerge tcpdump, and you need to run it as root) By the time I drive home, you may have done those tests and I can scratch my head about what comes after that! > -- Nick Rout -- [email protected] mailing list
