> >i can login as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to both pop3 (telnet) and imap (mutt and > >imtest), > >I can login to pop3 and imtest with "user" and "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > >BUT when I use mutt to login as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" or "user" it > >fails again with > >same "domain=com" in log. > >Where as [EMAIL PROTECTED] works fine. > >I cannot understand why pop3 and imtest (with -r and without, as "user" > >and as > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]) works but mutt doesnt??? > > > > > >Anything I am doing wrong? > > > > > Do you have an IP reverse lookup setup in DNS for your machine ? dig -x > your.ip.address.here gives you defauldomain.com or > hostname.defaultdomain.com ? > > --Christian--
yes you were right DNS had reverse address for 127.0.0.1 as localhost.defaultdomain.com. I fixed it, but it didnt change anything. I still need hosts file to contain localhost.defaultdomain.com for users in defaultdomain to be able to login at all .