[imp] Server IP address changed now can't log into IMP

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 12:47 -0800, Jim Norton wrote:
> At 12:38 PM 12/3/2005, Craig White wrote:
> >On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 12:14 -0800, Jim Norton wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I've had a working version of Horde 3.0.5 and IMP with authentication
> > > through IMP using Cyrus SASL.
> > > I moved my server to a new with a new IP address and now I get the
> > > Horde login page and enter my login information and I always gets a
> > > failed login message.
> > >
> > > Now I know that my Cyrus SASL and IMAP server is working because I
> > > can use Eudora ( an IMAP client ) to connect to my server and send
> > > and receive email.
> > >
> > > Any idea what I need to do to make this work?
> > >
> > > The horde.log file shows this after a "failed" login:
> > >
> > > Dec 03 12:11:54 HORDE [error] [imp] FAILED LOGIN 71.193.144.102 to
> > > midvalleyhosting.com:143[imap/notls] as jimnorton [on line 237 of
> > > "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/horde-3.0.5/imp/lib/Auth/imp.php"]
> > >
> >----
> >you appear to have a problem with dns...
> >
> ># host midvalleyhosting.com
> >midvalleyhosting.com has address 65.197.143.152
> >
> >Craig
> 
> 
> Thanks Craig. That is the correct IP address. However my reverse DNS 
> currently resolves to host152.alyrica.com whereas before it reverse 
> resolved to hosting.midvalleyhosting.com.
> I've asked my bandwidth provider to change the PTR record. Could this 
> be causing the problem?
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probably not - can you log in from command line?

telnet hosting.midvalleyhosting.com 143
. login jimnorton $YOUR_PASSWORD

. logout

if so, you should be able to make it work from setup.

you should probably be using TLS for passing passwords over public ip
space

Craig