Fwd: Re: [imp] username and password mechanism

[Rick Stevens]

Abid Ghufran wrote:

> I have installed the imap-2000-3 and have configured it in /etc/services 
> and /etc/xinetd.d directory. Still i am unable to get through the login 
> process it says that ;
> 
> Either you have logged in incorrectly or
> your login has expired. Please login again.
> 
> What does this mean?

Your login to the IMAP server failed.  Can you get in with other IMAP
clients? (Outlook or Eudora or Netscape)

If you have a telnet client, try this:

     You type:    telnet <your-mail-server> 143
     Server says: <imap server welcome message>
     You type:    1 login <username> <password>
     Server says: 1 OK LOGIN completed
     You type:    2 logout
     Server says: * BYE <server logout message>
                  2 OK LOGOUT completed

If that doesn't work, your IMAP server is broken and IMP will NOT work.


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