[nylug-talk] Connecting to an MS mail server

[sixtyfourbeets]

It was actually a lot simpler than that.
Apparently I was trying to connect to the wrong server, and the only way I
found this out was
walking over to the other new guy who is very Linux knowledgeable.
The veterans were sending me to imap.company.com, pop3.company.com which was
the wrong server name.

Thanks though,
Steve M

On 1/19/07, Michael B Allen <mba2000 at ioplex.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:57:15 -0500
> sixtyfourbeets <sixtyfourbeets at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When I was initially setting up my mail box I had tried IMAP/POP using
> > the same configuration
> > the other guys had.  I wasn't not getting any success, however the
> > other guys are connecting using IMAP/POP.
> > Is it possible the admins left the other guys connecting to IMAP/POP
> > and being that I'm new they disabled
> > it for me?
>
> Doubt it. The best way to figure out what's going on is to get a packet
> capture. In my experience it usually has to do with some setting like
> a port or TLS vs STARTTLS or the IMAP client's inability to handle a
> referral (e.g. you have to use the specific server your mailbox resides
> on). Linux IMAP clients are designed occomidating a wide variety of
> servers and server configs so they have lots of things you need to set
> right whereas MS clients are tuned to MS servers.
>
> Mike
>
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