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Date:      Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:34:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ken <welk@magibox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IMAP access problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970824193426.1721N-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <340075A2.B186ED49@magibox.net>

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On Sun, 24 Aug 1997, Ken wrote:

> I have installed the U of Washington IMAP server on a FreeBSD 2.1.7
> server and thought it was working fine, and it probably is. However, I
> can access a mailbox only once from Netscape Messenger (4.0) running on
> a Windows 95 client. After that initial access, subsequent attempts get
> the error various error messages.  Messenger reports: "Invalid IMAP4
> url" is given, and usually the Netscape application then attempts
> violates the client system's intergrity and must be shut down.
> 
> I've attempted Microsoft's Outlook Express mail client from a Windows 95
> machine and have problem there logging onto the mail server, but the
> error message imply it's possible trying to use POP3 instead of IMAP
> protocol, and if so that may be a different problem.
> 
> Anyone experienced the access once then invalid imap4 url  problem
> attempting to access the imap server and what was the resolution to the
> problem?

It may be a bug in Messenger.  Have you tried accessing it with Pine?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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