Re: i got IMAP but know what?

["Jim.George" <jim dot george at blueyonder dot co dot uk>]

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Elfyn McBratney wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks. Ill try that now. Im using ntsec (aka ntlm) does this matter, also
> can i use this to change the password of users on the system?
>
> I read somewhere that the directories need to of more 0555...
>
> Regards,
>
> Elfyn McBratney

<SNIP>

> > On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> >
> > > Ive read the 'Flipping Manual' :) Yep they are there, System and
> Everyone
> > > that is. And your right about the auth-thing i can connect to the server
> but
> > > not authenticate...
> > >
> > Elfyn,
> >
> > we're getting closer....you need to ensure that your imap account
> > has a password in /etc/passwd.
> >
> > Use 'crypt <first 2 letters of the users password> <password' but
> > without the <> or ' for example crypt hl hlopnert will print an encrypted
> > password to stdout.  Put this in /etc/passwd for the user who will have an
> > IMAP account (it should go in the password field imediately following the
> > user name field.
> >
> > This should allow you to authenticate.
> >
> > My problem now is that the majority of my mail folders seem to be
> > inaccesible to me (although they are there).  Also imap appears to
> generate
> > a lot of messages in the application log filling it very quickly.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Jim

I believe you could use this to maintain users passwords, perhaps changing
then automatically in a cron job?

Those directory permissions don't make sense as that would make them read and
executable only?

When I get errors reading all by my INBOX the error message I get in my
Outlook dialog box is:


Your 'caughtspam' folder was not polled for its unread count. Could not get the unread counts for 'caughtspam' on '192.168.0.1' Account: '192.168.0.1', Server: '192.168.0.1', Protocol: IMAP, Server Response: 'STATUS failed: Can't get status of mailbox home/Administrator/Mail/caughtspam: no such mailbox', Port: 143, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCCD2


The folder does exist and it's permissions are the same as INBOX, which does
work.  The only think I can think is that this folder was made under pine?

Jim




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