On August 20, 11:15 am "Beethoven Dhara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.. I really would like some help with this.
> I have installed imap-4.5.4 and imap-devel-4.5.4 rpms on Linux RH7.2
> for the purposes of making Horde/IMP work.
>
> How do i start the imap service?
> When i run imapd service from command line, i get the imap header.
> But i am unable to login with a username/password combination
>
> The sample session is as follows:
> #imapd
> * OK lin IMAP4rev1 v12.250 server ready
> login testuser testuser
> login BAD Command unrecognized/login please:TESTUSER

IMAP commands have a prefix tag like so:

A01 login testuser testuser


> I am not sure where i should enable the imap service.

Check out the files in /etc/xinetd.d/. You need to configure xinetd to
accept connections for the IMAP port which will then fire off imapd when a
request arrives.

HTH

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