mail problems

[Piet Ruyssinck]

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, dylan wrote:

> hi, i recently installed the cyrus mail system and am having a few
> problems...
>
> pop3 based service is working fine, however only with clear text passwords
> (which is not ideal)
>
> i have SSL installed, and have instructed it to tunnel an SSL connection to
> the POP and IMAP servers, however i cannot connect to the server and recieve
> mail when i enable SSL on my mail client.
>
> any pointers?

you could start by trying to connect to your IMAPs/POPs server with

$ openssl s_client -host hostname.domain -port 993
and
$ openssl s_client -host hostname.domain -port 995

to determine if the problem is with your server or your client.



what does your /etc/cyrus.conf look like ?


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Piet RUYSSINCK                            e-mail: Piet.Ruyssinck at rug.ac.be
Unix Systeem Administratie                             tel: +32 9 264 4733
Directie Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie (ICT)  fax: +32 9 264 4994
Universiteit Gent (RUG)      Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S9 - 9000 Gent, Belgie
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