Hi Tomas, It seems the iptables blocking the connection !!! > >> Standard setup procedure is: > >> 1. select imap server in D command > >> 2. set domain > >> 3. set data and attachment directory > >> 4. change other things, if you know what they do or defaults don't > >> fit your > >> setup. > > > > Please advise how to cancel all previous entries before re-running > > ./conf.pl? > > Delete /usr/local/squirrelmail/www/config/config.php file. Noted and thanks. > >> Please explain term "hanging" or check your logs. Web server > crashes, > >> redirects browser to some unknown site or does something else? > > > > > > It hangs there for sometimes then popup; > > The connection has timed out > > The server at localhost is taking too long to respond. > > Something is dropping connections to localhost or you have your > networking > misconfigured. $ sudo iptables -F $ telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THRE AD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION STARTTLS] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyr ight 1998-2005 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. On firefox; http://localhost/squirrelmail starts; Squirrelmail URL changes to; http://localhost/squirrelmail/src/redirect.php On login following warning popup; ERROR Error opening ../data/default_pref Could not create initial preference file! /var/local/squirrelmail/data/ should be writable by user www-data Please contact your system administrator and report this error. * end * $ ls -l /var/local/ total 0 Shall I create /var/local/squirrelmail/data ??? What will be their permission? I'll come back latter on the remaining part of your email. Thanks B.R. satimis > >> Or show your apache2 configuration. All files, directories and > >> symbolic links stored in /etc/apache2 directory excluding SSL > keys. > ... > > > > Remark: It is a big file. I deleted most comment out lines. > > Or you could pack those files and post only link to them instead of > pasting files inline. Please note that archive should be recursive > and > include symlinks. If you show me only apache2.conf, I don't know your > real > configuration, because I don't know conf.d contents, enabled modules > and > enabled sites. > > I needed all config in order to make sure that you haven't broke your > apache configuration. But it looks like you have misconfigured > localhost > network stuff or firewall. > > >> > http://domain.com/squirrelmail > >> > > >> > starts; > >> > SquirrelMail > >> > webmail > >> > for > >> > nuts > >> > > >> > > >> > I can't login with root/users with accounts on Postfix > >> > > >> > >> Never ever try logging in as root to POP3 or IMAP service. Use > >> standard > >> unprivileged account for testing. > > > > OK, thanks. I tried login with users on Postix, mail server, but > still > > failed. > > Do you have real and working email setup? Can you send and receive > emails? > If you do, how are you reading received emails? > > > Tried > > username > > username@xxxxxxxxxx > > Fix your networking stuff. Make sure that you get server greeting > when you > telnet to imap port. If localhost fails, try using external mail > server's > address. Use same username and password, that you are using to log > into > your Ubuntu box or make sure that courier sees Postfix users. Please > note > that you haven't provided any usable information about your email > setup > and I have no idea about used authentication backends and other mail > setup > details. > > > > -- > Tomas > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White > Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ----- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines > List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user > List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
