On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:15:33 +0200, laurent <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm following this how to: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml > > after configuring courier-imap they say: > Start up your favorite mail client and verify that all connections > you've started work for receiving and sending mail. Of course, you won't > be able to log on to any of the services because authentication hasn't > been configured yet, but it is wise to check if the connections > themselves work or not. > > I'm using mutt, saying there's no mailbox. Creating mailbox is done > later in the how to. > What do they mean, how can I test if smtpd and pop3d work fine ?
They mean that you have to check with your client that pop3/pop3s/smtp/imap/imaps connection are established with success. You can do this with either telnet or netcat for pop3/smtp/imap protocol and see if the server answer to the connection and with openssl s_client for pop3s/imaps connection. HTH. Xavier > Thanks > Laurent
