IMAP Problems

[Thomas E. Dukes]

On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 11:55, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 11:16, Thomas E. Dukes wrote:
> > > It depends what Fedora you are using. If it is fedora Core 2 
> > > and you are using cyrus-imap it can be configured for the FC2 
> > > server. Look at the man cyrus-imap (which delivers IMAP and 
> > > POP3) as well as the documentation.
> > 
> > Sorry, I am running Core 2
> > 
> > > 
> > > On the client POP3 ans IMAP are done differently on different 
> > > mail clients. POP3 is port 110 and IMAP is port 143.
> > 
> > Right, but the only error I'm getting is "Connection closed by foreign host"
> > at port 143 and "Connection refused" on port 110.
> > 
> > I am not able to telnet to either port.  This might be a firewall issue but
> > I didn't have it prior to the upgrade.
> > 
> > Thanks!!!!!!!!
> 
> If you were running something other than FC1 or FC2 previously then
> iptables is probably blocking things.
> 
> For a quick test you can disable iptables:
> 
> service iptables stop
That was the problem.  iptables was running.  I use the firewall from the IP Masq howto and it was interferring.

Thanks!