Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:34:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ken <welk@magibox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IMAP access problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970824193426.1721N-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <340075A2.B186ED49@magibox.net>
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On Sun, 24 Aug 1997, Ken wrote: > I have installed the U of Washington IMAP server on a FreeBSD 2.1.7 > server and thought it was working fine, and it probably is. However, I > can access a mailbox only once from Netscape Messenger (4.0) running on > a Windows 95 client. After that initial access, subsequent attempts get > the error various error messages. Messenger reports: "Invalid IMAP4 > url" is given, and usually the Netscape application then attempts > violates the client system's intergrity and must be shut down. > > I've attempted Microsoft's Outlook Express mail client from a Windows 95 > machine and have problem there logging onto the mail server, but the > error message imply it's possible trying to use POP3 instead of IMAP > protocol, and if so that may be a different problem. > > Anyone experienced the access once then invalid imap4 url problem > attempting to access the imap server and what was the resolution to the > problem? It may be a bug in Messenger. Have you tried accessing it with Pine? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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