Re: setting up IMAP server with redhat 8

[Alan Peery <peery io com>]

Rune Berge wrote:

> OK. "$ netstat -an | grep 143" now returns the following:
> tcp	0	0 0.0.0.0:143	0.0.0.0:*	LISTEN
> Is this how it's supposed to be?
For IMAP, yes.  IMAP doesn't receive email, it distributes it.

> I still can't recieve mail. the users have files in /var/spool/mail, but
> they're all 0 bytes, even though I've sent several mails to all. 
How have you sent them?

Try logging onto the box, and running the command

         mail -s "test 1 2 3" fred wilma

to see if those two users are getting email.

> I'm
> behind a firewall, but I've opened and forwarder post 143. Besides, when
> trying to send a mail from one user to another within the network it
> doesn't work either.
You're trying to sort too many problems at the same time.  Focus on 
getting the data delivery before you worry too much about IMAP.

> In Pine I've changed inbox-path to /var/spool/mail/[username]. Is that
> correct?
If you have an IMAP server you should instead set this to point to the 
IMAP server.  From memory, the format is something like:

inbox-path=mail.company.com:INBOX

>  
>
> > > But how do I create mail accounts for the users?
> > >      
> > Simply create normal user accounts with the user manager in X windows.  Then
> > point the imap client software to your server and you good to go.
> >
> >    
Wrong, are least incomplete.  This will *also* give users account they 
can log into with whatever access you're allowing--ssh, Xwindows login, 
whatever.  You may also wish to disable this access by setting the 
user's shell in /etc/passwd.

Alan