then i get the error "unknown user or password incorrect" if i try that.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <[email protected]>wrote: > On 06/21/2010 07:45 PM, rohit jain wrote: > >> Hi, >> I get an error if i do that. >> "Connection dropped by IMAP server" >> >> What does this mean? >> >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On 06/21/2010 05:44 PM, rohit jain wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I want to setup a local mail server and use squirellmail along with >> it. >> Please help me with the same. >> >> I did follow a few tutorials to get started. But in the end I'm >> damn >> confused >> >> >> first link i followed >> http://squirrelmail.org/docs/admin/admin-3.html >> >> Also i'm a complete newbie to ubuntu. >> installed 10.04. >> >> then this >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Squirrelmail >> >> Then links on the above link to have imap set up. >> >> this one for postfix. >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix >> >> I have squirellmail running at localhost/squirrelmail >> but i don't know what username and password i should enter. >> >> I get the error Imap dropping the sever >> >> Regards, >> Rohit >> >> You should enter your username/password. The one you use to login. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Nilesh Govindarajan >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr >> Website: http://www.itech7.com >> Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e >> >> >> -- >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Rohit Jain >> >> -- >> >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > > It means the IMAP server you're using is reject usernames. Try > y...@localhost or y...@hostname-of-your-system > > > -- > Regards, > Nilesh Govindarajan > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr > Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr > Website: http://www.itech7.com > Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- Regards, Rohit Jain Undergraduate Student Dept.of Computer Engg. Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi-110078 INDIA Mobile: +91 98115 01439 Reply to: [email protected] -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
