Re: [gentoo-user] Courier-imap - can't connect

[Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>]

On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:53:43 +0200
Johannes Skov Frandsen <joe@omesc.com> wrote:

> So I have finally installed postfix which seems to provide the basic
> functionality of sending a mail.
> 
> after trying to send a mail to my self  using telnet, a file with the
> following content appears in my maildir (/home/joe/.maildir/new):
> 
> Return-Path: <joe@home.mindfield.dk>
> X-Original-To: joe@home.mindfield.dk
> Delivered-To: joe@home.mindfield.dk
> Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
>     by home.mindfield.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id AAFE520022
>     for <joe@home.mindfield.dk>; Thu,  7 Jun 2007 15:18:58 +0200
> (CEST) Subject:this is a test
> Message-Id: <20070607131936.AAFE520022@home.mindfield.dk>
> Date: Thu,  7 Jun 2007 15:18:58 +0200 (CEST)
> From: joe@home.mindfield.dk
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> This is a test.
> 
> So I guess both the sending part and the reciving part went ok...
> 
> Question:  how do I check my mail by using a mail klient....
> 
> 
> I have tried setting thunderbird to use the following info:
> 
> imap: home.mindfield.dk
> user: joe
> 
> When I try to access my inbox Thunderbird asks for password (a good
> thing of course) and I supply my linux account password.
> 
> This is where the trouble starts.... Thunderbird claims it's not the
> valid password, but as I havent setup any other password when I
> installed Courier-imap what  password dos it want?
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
As I recall thunderbird doesn't like courier-imap very much.  Have you
experimented with different SSL/TLS settings?  
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