[NTLUG:Discuss] Outlook to Linux migration - IMAP & User help

[Jay Urish]

Awesome!!!!

Make sure you have imap enabled in /etc/xinetd.conf

your login and regular password should suffice








At 11:39 AM 10/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>So it seems like I need to go the IMAP route to transfer the email.
>
>I've setup a RedHat9 system using:
>
>http://mirror.mricon.com/qvcs-guide/qvcs-guide.html
>
>I've used this in the past for website email - works great, but now I'm at a
>stump trying to figure out how to use it 'internally' or on my intranet.
>Searched and found:
>
>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox-3.html
>
>While it's a bit dated, it basically says to configure Outlook with the IP
>address of the email server and use the login username/password.  After
>trying any and all combinations (with IMAP not being able to connect) I'm
>not sure what to actually use for username?  Here's the 'name'/stats of the
>email machine itself:
>
>----------------------------------------------------
>[root at localhost root]# uname -a
>Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.20-20.9 #1 Mon Aug 18 11:45:58 EDT 2003 i686
>i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>[root at localhost root]# ifconfig -a
>eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:5F:25:33:68
>           inet addr:192.168.2.134  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1036 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           RX bytes:107767 (105.2 Kb)  TX bytes:140742 (137.4 Kb)
>           Interrupt:11 Base address:0x1400
>
>lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:98 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:98 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:7912 (7.7 Kb)  TX bytes:7912 (7.7 Kb)
>
>[root at localhost root]#
>----------------------------------------------------------
>
>Seeing how just connecting with with the username 'dsimmons' (the login
>name) didn't work, I've tried dsimmons at 192.168.2.134, dsimmons at localhost
>(and so on) - with no luck.
>
>I'm probably missing something as plain as the nose on my face, but I'm
>stuck - can anyone offer any help?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Dave
>

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