>> I have installed cyrus-imap-2.2, cyrus_murder-2.2, cyrus-admin-2.2, >> cyrus-pop3d-2.2, sasl2-bin, libhtml-parser-, cyrus-clients-2.2, >> libsasl2-modules on a debian etch 32bit. >> >> Mupdate works fine and the backend servers too. On the front end I can login >> (which is as I understand is done locally) but I can not SELECT the mailbox. >> The error messages says in imap: NO Server(s) unavailable to complete >> operation >> >> It seems that it can not access/connect/find the backend server. The message >> in syslog says: >> >> Dec 5 16:53:08 vm-front32 cyrus/imap[12085]: connect(vm-imap32) failed: >> Invalid argument >> >> Which means that at least the backend server name (vm-imap32) is known. It >> is also possible to access the mailbox with imtest -u xxx -a xxx vm-imap32 >> from the frontend. >> >> The relevant entries in imapd.conf are listed below: >> >> Frontend/imapd.conf: >> >> proxyservers: cyrus >> vm-imap32_password: xxx >> vm-imap32_mechs: PLAIN LOGIN >> proxy_authname: cyrus >> proxy_password: xxx >> >> >> Backend/imapd.conf: >> >> proxyservers: cyrus >> proxy_authname: cyrus >On the backend, is the user "cyrus" listed as an admin in imapd.conf? >Also, what do you see in the logs on the backend when you see the error >"connect(vm-imap32) failed: Invalid argument"? > > Andy Yes, cyrus is listed as admin in imapd.conf on the backend. The logs on the backend do not show anything, I think that the frontend can not connect to the backend. However I can connect to the backend from the frontend with imtest. Meanwhile I saw that Arnaud at opensquad.com posted the same question in April this year here. He could not solve the problem and switched to another version. Probably this package has a bug. Frank ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html