[imp] Can't authenticate against my IMAP Server

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Tue Mar 4 17:50:44 UTC 2008


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

> Oh well, I guess I'll just have to try to find another webmail client
> then.

That doesn't help if that client uses PHP's imap extension too.

> Thanks for the help anyway.
>
> Just as a last resort this is what the log from my claws-mail says
>
> --8<--
> [18:06:10] IMAP4< * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR
> LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] slashmail.org IMAP4rev1
> 2006j.389 at Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:06:10 -0600 (CST)
> [18:06:19] IMAP4> 1 CAPABILITY
> [18:06:19] IMAP4< * CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ IDLE UIDPLUS
> NAMESPACE CHILDREN MAILBOX-REFERRALS BINARY UNSELECT ESEARCH SCAN SORT
> THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND SASL-IR
> LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN [18:06:19] IMAP4< 1 OK CAPABILITY
> completed [18:06:19] IMAP4> Logging xxxxxxxx to slashmail.org using
> LOGIN [18:06:19] IMAP4< User xxxxxxxx authenticated [18:06:19] IMAP4<
> Login to slashmail.org successful
> --8<--
>
> This any help?

PLAIN authentication is working fine with PHP. But since you said you  
have access to the server, didn't you check the imap server logs?

> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:07:55 +0100
> Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>
>> Jan.
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