[Techtalk] IMAP won't authenticate root

[Aaron Malone]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 22:39:28 -0600
Julie <txjulie at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> I recently decided to set up an IMAP server.  I'm trying to read
> root's mail using IMAP and I always get authentication failures.
> I've tried all sorts of things, but still no luck.
> 
> Clues?

1) What IMAP server are you using?
2) Are there any interesting authentication settings that you're using
(e.g. SASL, CRAM-MD5, etc)
3) Do the logs say anything?
4) Is root *allowed* to authenticate?  Many mail systems will not allow
root for security reasons.  Have you tried another user?

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Aaron Malone
aaron at munge.net