[imp] Can't authenticate against my IMAP Server

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Tue Mar 4 16:43:09 UTC 2008


Zitat von Philip MacIver <philip at ivercore.com>:

> I do have access to the whole system, as I am running tests on a local
> machine before I deploy it on the actual server. I just don't know
> where horde/imp logs its messages to.
>
> But I went ahead a ran the tests as you suggested and this was what I
> got.
>
> Now am trying to connect to my IMAP server using imap/ssl, but as you
> see below it gives me a certificate failure, which I don't actually
> know what it means.

It doesn't matter, because you can't authenticate with the credentials  
you entered. imap/ssl/novalidate-cert is the protocol of your choice,  
but not with the wrong username and password. ;-)

> Can you shed any light on that error message?
>
> Thanks
>
> --8<--
> PHP Mail Server Support Test
> Attempting to automatically determine the correct connection parameters
> for your server:
>
>     * Trying protocol imap/notls, Port 993:
>
>           ERROR - The server returned the following error message:
>
>           Connection failed to slashmail.org,993: Connection timed out
>
>     * Trying protocol imap/ssl, Port 993:
>
>           ERROR - The server returned the following error message:
>
>           Certificate failure for slashmail.org: unable to get local
> issuer
>           certificate:
>            
> /C=US/O=slashmail.org/OU=businessprofile.geotrust.com/get.jsp?GT42398189/OU=See
>           www.rapidssl.com/cps (c)05/OU=Domain Control Validated -
>           RapidSSL(R)/CN=slashmail.org
>
>     * Trying protocol imap/ssl/novalidate-cert, Port 993:
>
>           ERROR - The server returned the following error message:
>
>           Retrying PLAIN authentication after Invalid authentication
> credentialsRetrying PLAIN authentication after Invalid authentication
> credentialsCan not authenticate to IMAP server: Invalid authentication
> credentials
>
>     * Trying protocol imap/tls/novalidate-cert, Port 993:
>
>           ERROR - The server returned the following error message:
>
>           Connection failed to slashmail.org,993: Connection timed out
> --8<--
>
>
> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:22:44 +0100
> Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>
>> Zitat von Philip MacIver <philip at ivercore.com>:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have just today decided to install Horde Groupware Webmail
>> > Edition so I can access my email that is hosted with slashmail.org
>> > using a nicer webmail interface.
>> >
>> > I have followed the instructions and looked through the faqs but
>> > can't seem to find out why when I try to log in I get a "login
>> > failed". And I am not sure if I have not looked hard enough, but I
>> > can't even find logs to view what is going on when authentication
>> > is trying to be gained from the slashmail server.
>>
>> This might be hard to track down, since you don't have access to the
>> IMAP server logs. Start trying the login tests at
>> horde-webmail/imp/test.php.
>>
>> Jan.
>>
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Jan.

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