[imp] Can't authenticate against my IMAP Server

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Tue Mar 4 17:07:55 UTC 2008


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

> Thanks for the quick reply. But the details that I enter into the test
> are the same details I enter into claws-mail client, and that works
> fine.
>
> Is there anything that could be the cause?

Your imap server could use an authentication method that php, or  
rather c-client, doesn't support.

> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:43:09 +0100
> Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>> >
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