by I have a Redhat 7.1 Linux system running with IMAP (IMAP4rev1
2000.283rh) and POP that come with the Redhat distribution. I have no
problem to authenticate to this IMAP server with netcape messenger
(netscape communicator 4.79 on W2K) yet I cannot authenticate with the
Netscape Communicator Utilities (Netscape Mail Notification). The
symptom would be that it always prompts for user password and cannot
login.
As I compare the /var/log/maillog of the server, I observe the
following differences for authentication in the 2 cases.
Normal IMAP login:
Jan 14 17:29:45 Linux imapd[385]: imap service init from <IP address>
Jan 14 17:29:48 Linux imapd[385]: Authenticated user=<username>
host=hostname [I
P address]
Login via Netscape Mail Notification tool:
Jan 14 17:33:30 Linux imapd[390]: imap service init from <IP address>
Jan 14 17:33:37 Linux imapd[390]: Login user=<username> host=hostname
[IP addres
s]
Jan 14 17:33:37 Linux imapd[390]: Logout user=<username> host=hostname
[IP addre
ss]
Jan 14 17:33:37 Linux imapd[392]: imap service init from <IP address>
The authentication scheme in my system is PAM. With the normal IMAP
login, i.e., click the messenger icon inside navigator, I have no
problem to get the new mail notification icon on the tool bar. For
POP, I have no problem to authenticate on both cases, normal login and
netscape mail notification.
I wonder if anyone has some ideas or workarounds on this problem.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
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