Sounds like you're trying to run the imap server out of inetd. Make sure
you are running everything out of the master program. The quick way to
get things going is described in the install-configure file.
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, unplug wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am currently installing the cyrus under linux following the Cyrus IMAP
> HOW-TO. However, I can't telnet/test the imap server.
>
> [cyrus@sun init.d]$ telnet localhost imap
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> [cyrus@sun init.d]$ imtest -m login -p imap localhost
> C: C01 CAPABILITY
> failure: prot layer failure
>
> Below is the message in the message log.
> Nov 13 15:00:39 mailx service-imapd[16493]: unable to set close on exec:
> Bad fil
> e descriptor
> Nov 13 15:00:39 mailx ^B
>
> I have no knowledge to find out what's is the problem. Please give me
> some advice
> if you know how to make it works.
>
> Below is my setting.
> db-3.1.17
> cyrus-sasl-1.5.24
> cyrus-imapd-2.0.7
> linux 2.2.12-4CLE
>
> Thanks,
> unplug
>
>
