IMAP runs on port 143. You can telnet to that port, or use netcat, to see if it'll talk to you. I don't know how the IMAP protocol works, so I can't help you there, but you can always look at the RFC <http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3501.txt> and figure that out yourself.
To telnet to that port just type 'telnet yourserver.com 143' or 'nc yourserver.com 143' if you have netcat installed.
There's a lot of debate over which IMAP server is best. I'm still looking for one that fits my preferences. uw-imap is pretty basic. Courier-IMAP is nice, but I hate how it makes all folders a subfolder of INBOX. I'm going to try Cyrus-IMAP soon. If someone knows of a better one I'd love to hear about it.
David Smith wrote:
Postfix is not an IMAP server. It is an SMTP server. It is for delivering mail between mail servers. You'll want to install an IMAP server to get your mail once it's been delievered to your server:
# apt-cache search imap
--Dave
Mark Gardner wrote:
Ok here's the deal, I'm running a RH9 box with postfix installed. Works
great by the way and was way easier to configure than sendmail. Anyway,
I want to be able to connect to it via Imap protocol. Any Ideas? I've
tried a few things and It may be working. Isn't there a way to test it via command line? Something like Connect 127.0.0.1/imap mailbox=mark
Mark Gardner
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