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Date:      Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:32:09 -0700
From:      Chris Kottaridis <chriskot@quietwind.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Imap authentication
Message-ID:  <1198996329.4178.7.camel@worker.quietwind.net>

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I have been using pop to download email messages. I'd like to switch to
imap.

My mail server is running FreeBSD 5.3

The imap executable is in /usr/local/libexec and inetd.conf is setup
right. I can telnet to port 143 I am talking to the imapd daemon.

However, I can't seem to get logged in. It seems to not like the
username and password I provide. I am providing the username and
password that will work to login interactively to the server.

I assume there is a different authentication method besides the standard
password file, but as yet I haven't been able to find what that might
be.

Clearly I am missing something here. Any pointers to how to set up imap
accounts on the mail server would be appreciated.

Thanks

Chris Kottaridis    (chriskot@quietwind.net)




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