Unable to login to mailaccount

Hello everyone,

I've set up a debian-based computer using the "perfect setup" guide at http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/perfect_setup_debian_sarge/ and installed the ISPconfig-application. Most things seems to be working just fine, i can create users, login via the web-ftp etc. The only problem i have is that im unable to login to my mailserver via Uebimiau. All i get is:

" You cannot login with the username and password entered.
Please check your username and password and try again."

I've tried using the full emailadress as well as only the first part of the adress. I have also tried logging in using the username and nothing works... Im pretty new to all this control-panel stuff, so i would be glad if anyone could point me in the right direction.

Cheers

 

For webmail you must use an email address as username.
Does it work with an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird (there you must use the username (e.g. web1_someuser) instead of the email address!)?

Please post the output of

Code:

netstat -tap

 

When i tried downloading the messages trough thunderbird i got a "Unknown AUTHORIZATION state command" reply after i had supplied it with a password.

This is my netstat -tap (queried shortly after trying to download messages with thunderbird):

Code:

Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 *:imaps                 *:*                     LISTEN     2680/inetd
tcp        0      0 *:pop3s                 *:*                     LISTEN     2680/inetd
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:mysql *:*                     LISTEN     3389/mysqld
tcp        0      0 *:pop3                  *:*                     LISTEN     2680/inetd
tcp        0      0 *:imap2                 *:*                     LISTEN     2680/inetd
tcp        0      0 *:81                    *:*                     LISTEN     7455/ispconfig_http
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                   *:*                     LISTEN     12828/proftpd: (acc
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN     15806/master
tcp        0      0 c-3b9be055.68-3-64:pop3 c-8c9ae055.68-3-64:2533 ESTABLISHED18413/ipop3d
tcp6       0      0 *:www                   *:*                     LISTEN     7485/apache2
tcp6       0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN     2901/sshd
tcp6       0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN     15806/master
tcp6       0      0 *:https                 *:*                     LISTEN     7485/apache2
tcp6       0      0 c-3b9be055.68-3-647:ssh c-8c9ae055.68-3-64:2535 ESTABLISHED18432/0

Thanks alot for trying to help me, i really appreciate it

 

Please install Courier, as described at the bottom of http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_sarge_p4

Then enable Maildir in ISPConfig (Management -> Server -> Settings -> Email) and try again.

 

That worked just perfectly ... thanks alot... what is a bit confusing is that you can read this message jsut below the installation instructions:

Also, i have another question:

If i where to download e-mails from the server into thunderbird, will they be removed from the server?

Again, thanks alot for the help you provided

Edit: And one more thing: When i installed ISPConfig i was asked for an IP-adress, i gave it the current IP of the server. The thing is that i have a dynamic ip, not the best way to go but it dont have a choice. If I where to change IP, in what file is this information stored? Since i guess it cant handle DHCP?

Cheers

 

I dont have any IP specified in /etc/network/interfaces/, its all trough dhcp... the thing is that i see that some ip's are set trough the webinterface (as well as during the install), and i would like to know where these numbers are stored. As for my connection, im connected directly to a DSL-line without a routable (i hope that is a correct translation) ip... so there is no way for me to make my ip static except for getting a router.

 

You can check /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/lib/config.inc.php if the IP address is stored in there.

 

I tried searching the document without luck... thats strange ... i mean it should be stored somewhere

 

It depends on what you specified during ISPConfig installation. If you specified a hostname and a domain, then you won't find the IP address in /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/lib/config.inc.php. But if you left the hostname blank and entered your IP address as domain, then your IP address will be in /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/lib/config.inc.php.

You must also change the IP address in ISPConfig itself: Management -> Server -> Settings.
But you won't have much fun with a changing IP address. Try to get a static one.

 

Is there some specific router distribution out there (like m0n0wall, ipcop or whatever) that is easy to set up with port-forwarding and all that is required if i where to give the server a 192.168.0.x-ip?

 

Yes, IPCop.

 

Okey .. thanks for helping me through all this... looks as if i'm going to go look for some more hardware

 

Instead of setting up an IPCop server, you could as well buy a hardware router, e.g. a Linksys router. Most modern routers are capable of doing port forwarding.