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Re: i got IMAP but know what?
- From: "Jim.George" <jim dot george at blueyonder dot co dot uk>
- To: Elfyn McBratney <elfyn at exposure dot org dot uk>
- Cc: Cygwin ML <cygwin at cygwin dot com>, Raphael <raphael at oninet dot pt>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:23:23 +0100
- Subject: Re: i got IMAP but know what?
- Reply-to: jim dot george at blueyonder dot co dot uk
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> sorry, i dont know what RTFM means but all of my system files have been
> cleaned up... 'Set them in /etc/passwd' there on the system, do i have to
> edit my passwd file? I thought to look at the unix-home page of wu-imap so i
> know there's no config file but this eas precompiled so i can'y edit the
> source code to change the location of mail etc...
>
<snip>
You really do need to Read The Flipping Manual :). With imapd you _must_
ensure that there are two entries in /etc/passwd (Everyone and System).
However even when you have done this you may well still get authorisation
problems, as I do. Unfortunately I haven't managed to get any help from
anyway.
Maybe we can help each other.
Jim
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