Subject: Pine 3.91/Linux/Imap problem

From: [email-masked] (C.J. Mandrake)
Date: 26 May 1995 00:59:55 GMT

I am having a problem with pine 3.91 and linux using imap.  When I try to 
access my mailbox it tries to run a remote shell command to execute 
/etc/rimapd.  It hangs for a long time.  This was originally happening 
with pine 3.89 and I saw a post saying that 3.91 fixes that problem, but 
no luck after installing 3.91.  

It works fine for the same imap server from a BSD machine running 3.91 on 
our network.  Can anyone help?  I am pretty desperate at this point.

CJ Mandrake

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From: Mark Crispin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 08:55:10 -0700

> our network.  Can anyone help?  I am pretty desperate at this point.

Do you know why the remote shell hangs from your Linux system and not from
the BSD system?  Is your IP service provider deliberately filtering out
rsh packets in a misguided effort to provide you with "security"?

You can work around it by specifying the IP port number in the folder
specification, e.g. {server:143}inbox instead of {server}inbox, but it's
better for you to find out why the underlying problem is happening.

You should either get a remote preauthenticated IMAP server, or an
immediate error with the command:
	rsh server /etc/rimapd
If you aren't, something is wrong with the way your system is set up.

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