[imp] Re: Cannot connect with IMP to IMAP, login failed

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 23:04 +0100, Wim wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  I am trying to connect Horde/IMP to my IMAP server but I always get 'Login Failed'. I am sure that my
>  credentials are correct as these are working fine with a Mail Client (Mozilla). I can connect also to my
>  IMAP Server with Squirrelmail (standards-based webmail package written in PHP4). Horde is running on the
>  same server as my IMAP Server.
>  This is my config in servers.php
> 
>  $servers['imap'] = array(
>      'name' => 'IMAP Server',
>      'server' => 'localhost',
>      'hordeauth' => false,
>      'protocol' => 'imap/notls',
>      'port' => 143,
>      'folders' => 'INBOX.',
>      'maildomain' => 'example.com',
>      'smtphost' => 'localhost',
>      'smtpport' => 25,
>      'dotfiles' => false,
>      'hierarchies' => array()
> );
> 
>  This is what I get in the horde.log
>  HORDE [error] [imp] FAILED LOGIN x.x.x.x to localhost:143[imap/notls] as 'user' [on line 247 of
>  /webroot/horde/imp/lib/Auth/imp.php"]
>  HORDE [info] [imp] x.x.x.x failed [on line 31 of "/webroot/horde/imp/login.php"]
> 
>  Anyone an idea what the problem can be.
> 
>  ----
> crystal ball cloudy today - seems as though it was cloudy the last time
> you asked the exact same question - appears that you have made little
> effort on your own to solve.
> Spend already a few times on it.
> 
> /var/log/maillog (show authentication error? information?)
> /var/log/messages (show authentication error? information?)
> LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], command=AUTHENTICATE
> imapd: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
> imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], command=AUTHENTICATE
> imapd: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
> imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], command=AUTHENTICATE
> imapd: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
> imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], command=LOGOUT
> imapd: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
> 
> try accessing /webroot/horde/test.php
> show any problems? No problems
> 
> try accessing /webroot/horde/imp/test.php
> show any problems? No problems
> This is what I got after the PHP IMAP Support Test
> 
> server="localhost" user="user" mailbox="{localhost:143/imap/notls}INBOX"
> array(3) {
> [0]=>
> string(52) "Retrying CRAM-MD5 authentication after Login failed."
> [1]=>
> string(52) "Retrying CRAM-MD5 authentication after Login failed."
> [2]=>
> string(50) "Can not authenticate to IMAP server: Login failed."
> }
> 
> try
> telnet localhost 143
> can you login?
> Yes no problem but still not possible with imp
> 
> if you can login, you should be able to login via the same username you
> used when you logged in as in the telnet session
> I can but not with imp
> 
> Anyone any ideas I don't find it, anyway many thanks
----
Yeah - based upon above information...

You have 2 different servers set up in servers.php

1 of them is the one that you have configured but that is not what IMP
is using to authenticate. Either comment out all but the one you are
configuring or delete the 'unused' servers completely.

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Craig