Re: ERR: USER command only available under a layer

Christian Cernuschi wrote: i'm setting an imap server under gentoo but i get this error what does it mean? It means that you have allowplaintext:no set in imapd.conf, which disables and plaintext authentication mechanism (either protocol specific or PLAIN/LOGIN) unless protected by an external

Re: ERR: USER command only available under a layer

It means you are telnetting to the pop3 port on 110, and you've left the pop3 server enabled in cyrus.conf. If you want to get to an imap server you need port 143. Christian Cernuschi wrote: i'm setting an imap server under gentoo but i get this error what does it mean? thanks in advice bye lyr

ERR: USER command only available under a layer

i'm setting an imap server under gentoo but i get this error what does it mean? thanks in advice bye lyra root # telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK lyra Cyrus POP3 v2.1.12 server ready <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> user prova -ERR [AUTH] USER comm