squirrelmail requirements said i need IMAP, im not sure what package this is exactly, however I understand it's purpose. Im running RH9 and looked at my install.log file and it says it installed:

Installing imap-2001a-18.

so i assume i have Imap capabillities(?) i punch in www.mydomain.org/mail (the directory there i installed squirrelmail) and i get the login in screen... I try logging with with a username and password of a user of the system. and i get the following error:

Error connecting to IMAP server: localhost.
111 : Connection refused

I understand a lot of things.. IMAP however is entirely new to me

any pointers would be great. thanks.

ok, i found a 'imap' server by using;

chkconfig --list

and turned it on. I can now log in but i question weather or not things are set up to send mail to other ISPs n such...

ok, i just sent a test mail to a few friends on other domains and it went through!!!!!!! I can send mail out OK (wow :gets excited

now.. i can't seem to receive mail. I have sendmail installed and it's running. what would i need to configure to get this working? er perhaps it's my firewall?

this really is all new to me.

wait!?! what port does mail come in on? I just remembered that im behind a linksys router.. gotta enable port forwarding on it for senmail


I should of jsut waited to post all of this but it's easier to do when i talk to myself

http://www.trilug.org/~jonc/mailserver/PartII.html

works also for redhat9