[horde] Re: [imp] Imp timesout when connecting via IMAP to localhost

[Taylor Dondich]

I found the problem.  Something is going on with namelookup with my 
servers which was causing it to fail.  Telling imp the server was 
'localhost' instead of the FQDN worked.  I'll leave it like is.

Taylor


Taylor Dondich wrote:

> I just rebooted my server and I'm getting the strangest error.  When 
> using imp to login to the localhost IMAP server, it times out.  Yet, 
> any other web-imap client on the server logs in fine.   I've verified 
> IMAP connectivity via other means (remote client, etc) and they all 
> work. IMP will connect via POP3, but not IMAP.  Running the IMP test 
> for IMAP returns this:
>
> array(1) {
>  [0]=>
>  string(49) "[CLOSED] IMAP connection broken (server response)"
> }
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on how this could happen?  This is 
> unfortunately a production server and I need to get to the bottom of 
> this quickly.  Thanks for any suggestions...
>
> Taylor
>
>