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09-20-2004, 12:03 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 9
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how to configure the dovecot IMAP server
I want use outlook IMAP to receive the e mail. I configured the dovecot.conf.and i can use telnet 192.168.250.200 143 command to connect to my linux server. but i can not use outlook to receive mail , the error like
Task 'Checking for new mail in subscribed folders on 192.168.250.200.' reported error (0x8004DF00) : 'Outlook is unable to download folder (null) from the IMAP e-mail server for account 192.168.250.200. Error: Your root folder path is invalid. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'
how to solve that problem?
Thanks!
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09-20-2004, 01:24 AM
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#2
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Beautiful BC
Distribution: RedHat & clones, Slackware, SuSE, OpenBSD
Posts: 1,791
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have you configured the default_mail_env parameter in /etc/dovecot.conf?
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09-20-2004, 01:32 AM
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#3
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 9
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yes, i set as default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/indexes/%d/%n
i set the imap_listen =192.168.250.200. because the server under company LAN. and i set the IMAP in outlook is 192.168.250.200. the e mail address is root@192.168.250.200.
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09-20-2004, 03:08 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Beautiful BC
Distribution: RedHat & clones, Slackware, SuSE, OpenBSD
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Can you cd to the /var/indexes directory on the linux machine?
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09-20-2004, 03:22 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Beautiful BC
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happyskyzl, have you tried setting
default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
- the default place where mails get delivered in unices and linuces
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09-20-2004, 03:33 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 9
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ya, thanks, i changed already. but still same.
Last edited by happyskyzl; 09-20-2004 at 04:01 AM.
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09-20-2004, 05:05 AM
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#7
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 9
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the problem still same.
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09-20-2004, 05:42 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Beautiful BC
Distribution: RedHat & clones, Slackware, SuSE, OpenBSD
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In the unedited post #6 on this thread, you had written that you are unable to proceed beyond the root password.
Have you tried to fetch mails as another user? What error do yu get?
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09-20-2004, 09:59 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 9
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that not password problem, when i use outlook to connect the imap server, got the error as "your imap server has closed the connection, this may occur if you have left the connection idle for too long."
thanks
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09-20-2004, 10:31 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 9
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when i use telnet to connect the server. after key in the user and password, got the error as internal login failure. error report written to server log.
Thanks
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10-22-2004, 09:34 AM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2002
Distribution: Fedora RedHat Core 2
Posts: 58
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I'm getting the exact same error. Only one user is getting it and only on Outlook 2003. I have dovecot running maildir format. Any ideas?
Oh and they are able to see mail, the error is happening whenever they goto get their subscribed folders or some such.
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11-07-2004, 10:24 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Posts: 2
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Quote:
Originally posted by happyskyzl
yes, i set as default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/indexes/%d/%n
i set the imap_listen =192.168.250.200. because the server under company LAN. and i set the IMAP in outlook is 192.168.250.200. the e mail address is root@192.168.250.200.
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One thing I've noticed in the /etc/dovecot.conf file is as follows...
# Valid UID range for users, defaults to 500 and above. This is mostly
# to make sure that users can't log in as daemons or other system users.
# Note that denying root logins is hardcoded to dovecot binary and can't
# be done even if first_valid_uid is set to 0.
Hope it helps.
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