see what you get when you try to connect to the server like this...
(Use your ipaddress or locally try 127.0.0.1)
telnet 127.0.0.2 143
Trying 127.0.0.2...
Connected to 127.0.0.2.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN] localhost.localdomain IMAP4rev1 2001.315rh at Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:06:23 -0600 (CST)
a LOGIN <user> <password>
a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX-REFERRALS SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND] User david authenticated
b SELECT INBOX
* 0 EXISTS
* 0 RECENT
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1] UID validity status
* OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
b OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
c CAPABILITY
* CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX-REFERRALS SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN
c OK CAPABILITY completed
d LOGOUT
* BYE
www.dcphillips.net IMAP4rev1 server terminating connection
d OK LOGOUT completed
Connection closed by foreign host.