On 29 Oct 2001, Brian Nelson wrote: > Alexander Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi there.. I have task-imap installed using apt-get... Is there > > anything I need to do to be able to use it? I'm trying to get my email > > using evolution from another machine, and nothing happens, not even an > > error, but If i use pop it does work and retrieve my email... Is there > > something extra I need to do to use IMAP properly? > > In my experience, debian's imapd packages have "just worked". > Currently, I'm using uw-imapd-ssl from testing. Try a less bugged > email client. >
Unfortunately, I've deleted the original posters mail so I don't know if he provided any further details but if he is reading I suggest looking at /var/log/mail.log on the server to see if imapd is giving any errors. I suspect he is not actually connecting at all. Yes, it is supposed to "just work." -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
