Trying to get Squirrel mail working

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My provider says I don't have imap installed but after reading this forum and many many times trying stuff in ssh session I am having no luck.
I don't think they have port 143 open for starters. I did a netstat command and don't see it but I am a total nube so maybe it won't show up unless running.
Also tried telnet to port 143 within ssh and nothing.

My os is centos4, I am on vpsland if that helps. I still cant figure out why they would install something on my server but not run everything to get that mail program to work.

Thanks for any help or redirection to other site with info.
 
Ok after many hours of reading on this forum I sort of have it working.
The server, think its called imap, was not running. Just hope it stays running after next reboot.

I still can't login to some accounts but I noticed the imap folders for those accounts don't have anything in them past the domain name.
While some accounts do, those work with squirrel mail.

What can I do to fix other emails? Something need reinstalling?
 
Are you using the DirectAdmin control panel? I ask because VPSLAND doesn't seem to offer it.

If not, then we probably don't know enough about your system to help you.

If you are using DA, then does your server use Dovecot? If not, then there's never going to be anything in the imap folders until you use an imap program (Squirrelmail, for example, or perhaps OE running in imap mode) to move emails from the main inbox.

Jeff
 
They offered it to me last year, I am paying extra for it.
So yesterday the while server crashed, I dont think it was from me starting imap but it was down all day, 13 hrs.

I can get squirrel mail to work from some accounts but not all. The imap folders seem messed up. What does UID and GID mean when looking in file view from DA? I get 501 for some accounts and user names for others.

should I install dovcot or is there some sort of re install of squirrel mail that might work?

Thanks for your help.
 
I don't want to make any guesses concerning the state of your server because a DA install should have left IMAP installed and running. So I don't know where to start guessing. I certainly wouldn't install anything or change anything until I knew what was wrong.

How did you get the server back up?

If VPSLAND can't help you understand your server, you may have to hire someone who can.

Generally you shouldn't see a number for either UID or GID except inside of install directories if you've done some installs from tarballs. Can you post an example?

Jeff
 
They rebooted it. Not sure if that means just me or whole machine. I am on xen. They also have now provided me with a panel to work the vps when it doesn't come up. They have been great for the almost one year, support isn't all that great but I want to learn this stuff and knew ahead of time about them.

I have a screen shot of what I am talking about. by the way imap did come up on its own after they did last reboot.

And I can get some domains to work under it but when it fails my error is username or password is incorrect.
 

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That looks like the program I started after using help from this forum. I know it is running because I get log each day with imap being the first thing in it.

As I said it works with some domains but not all. I wonder if jtbox didnt move stuff right many many months ago when I used it to xfer domains to new admin.
Any way the problem isnt that big a deal I just want to know how to fix stuff when its broke. I have one new client on my vps who wanted it to work.
It never worked from the get go and didnt matter till now.
 
What logs could I show to describe what is wrong? Some accounts work with squirrel mail and some do not.
The error is "username and password are wrong". The imap directories are not showing up correctly if at all for the domains that are not working.

Domains that were not being used for email till I started imap and tested them are working for squirrel mail.

is there something better I could use or some upgrade that would fix this?

Any idea what the 501 in uid col. form screen cap above means?
 
Is it possible you've got Maildir email working and you've installed the mbox imap daemon?

What daemon are you running?

For a domain that's not working, what's the output of:
Code: 
# ls -al /home/[b]username[/b]/imap/*
Jeff
 
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