S.O.S.: Squirrelmail access problem!!

acasaviellesg · 08-11-2012, 04:18 PM

Hello!

I've a Centos 5.8 as mail server (sendmail+exim+dovecot) and I need to provide my users the service of checking their emails via web. So I've decided to install squirrelmail. After finishing the instalation of apache+mysql+php+squirrelmail I tried to access the main page: myserver/webmail and guess: it works!!

The problem occurs when I try to login with my user and passwd. I read the following error in my screen: Error connecting to IMAP server: localhost.111:Connection refused.

I've been searching on Internet, but the solutions I've found are not recommended when using dovecot.

I'll appreciate any help. Thanks for your attention.

Best regards.

bathory · 08-11-2012, 05:09 PM

Quote:

The problem occurs when I try to login with my user and passwd. I read the following error in my screen: Error connecting to IMAP server: localhost.111:Connection refused.

Check if dovecot is running and listening on port 143:

Code:

netstat -tanpl|grep 143

If it's running but you can't connect, I guess it's SELinux that denies access to the imap server for the apache user. In this case you can run:

Code:

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

BTW, you should tell squirrelmail about the imap server you're running. See this for details

Regards

acasaviellesg · 08-13-2012, 08:24 AM

Thanks for your time giving me the light to solve my problem. I did what you suggested:

1 The netstat gave me this: "tcp 0 0 192.168.0.1:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5294/dovecot". So, can I conclude that dovecot is listening from port 143?

2 SELinux is disabled.

3 I read the article about the squirrelmail configuration and I did everything they say.

But something is missing because the error still alive.

Any other suggestions?

Regards

bathory · 08-13-2012, 09:36 AM

Quote:

1 The netstat gave me this: "tcp 0 0 192.168.0.1:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5294/dovecot". So, can I conclude that dovecot is listening from port 143?

Yes, but it's not listening on the local loopback interface (127.0.0.1), that is why you get that error
I guess you have to use in diovecot.conf the following:

Code:

imap_listen = *

Regards

acasaviellesg · 08-13-2012, 12:07 PM

Thanks again!

I did what you said:

imap_listen = * was not valid. After some research I used instead:

protocol imap { listen = *:143 }

Nothing happened but the same error.

What else should I check??

bathory · 08-13-2012, 12:56 PM

Quote:

imap_listen = * was not valid. After some research I used instead:

protocol imap { listen = *:143 }

Oups I forgot that some of the dovecot.conf options are changed. Anyway the above is wrong. Either use (the deprecated)

Code:

protocol imap {
listen = *:143
}

or just

Code:

listen = *

You can also comment out the whole protocol/listen part, so dovecot listens on all available interfaces.
And don't forget to restart the service after making changes in the configuration

Regards

acasaviellesg · 08-13-2012, 04:09 PM

Hi!

It worked!! thanks for all your help and patience..

Regards.