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[Ted Potter]

On 6/25/06, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/24/06, brad.mugleston at comcast.net <brad.mugleston at comcast.net> wrote:
> <SNIP>
> >
> > One thing I just thought of - are there any NEW settings on the
> > server to allow Outlook connect to dovecot - do I have to share a
> > drive or something?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brad
>
> Sorry Brad - I've never even heard of dovecot. It is a Linux program, correct?
>
> Since this is a new XP machine and an existing Linux box it would seem
> that mostly the config issues should be on the XP side, I would have
> guessed. The only thing that springs to mind would be:
>
> 1) If the new XP machine is at a different IP address than the old one
> then maybe dovecot of Linux needs to be informed of that.
>
> 2) If, for security reasons, dovecot or Linux was using the MAC
> address of the NIC in your old XP machine then the new machine's MAC
> address might be throwing dovecot/Linux off.
>
> Beyond that I suppose (AS ALWAYS!) ;-) that we'll need to wait for
> Rick, Karl or one of the other gurus to show up. This is way above my
> pay grade already.
>
> Sorry I couldn't be of more help!
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> Since the windows machine is providing very little information about the error I would suggest trying a different mail client and see what happens. I think thunderbird supports imap.

You might also review the dovecot mail list for others who have had
the same problem.

>From the linux box run nmap against the windows machine just to be
sure the firewall is turned off completely.

Buy a MAC and get on with your life - JUST KIDDING !






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Ted Potter
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