I had the exact very same problem. I added the following line to the end of the global pine.conf file in /usr/local/lib: rsh-open-timeout=0. That will disbale rsh entirely.
-- Rob
--On Saturday, October 30, 2004 11:40:47 PM -0400 Dan Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After switching all of my mail to Cyrus, I've change my Pine settings
> to user IMAP for the Inbox and folder collections. Now when I first run
> Pine, it pauses for about 20 seconds as it tries to get the inbox, then
> a message appears:
>
> [>rsh to IMAP server timed out<]
>
> And then it asks me to login to the IMAP server. Apparently it's trying
> to connect with one method and can't. Anyone know how to remedy this?
> I'd prefer that it just log in transparently without asking me for my
> userid and password every time I run Pine.
>
> Thanks
> -- Dan
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Rob Tanner
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