Re: Unable to login to remote mail server using recommended settings
Jan Schneider <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.horde.user |
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Zitat von Michael Z Freeman <[email protected]>: > On Fri, September 28, 2018 8:57 pm, Michael J Rubinsky wrote: >> > >> Quoting Michael Z Freeman <[email protected]>: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> I have tried everything. I know the password and username are correct >>> because I installed Squirrel Mail using my Cpanel hosting to test the >>> username en and password. I have ... >>> >>> <?php >>> $servers['imap'] = array( >>> // ENABLED by default; will connect to IMAP port on local server >>> 'disabled' => false, >>> 'name' => 'michaelzfreeman.org IMAP Server', >>> 'hostspec' => 'michaelzfreeman.org', >>> 'hordeauth' => false, >>> 'protocol' => 'imap', >>> 'port' => 993, >>> 'username' => '[email protected]', >>> 'password' => 'xxxxxx', >>> // Plaintext logins are disabled by default on IMAP servers (see RFC >>> 3501 >>> // [6.2.3]), so TLS is the only guaranteed authentication available by >>> // default. >>> 'secure' => 'tls', >>> ); >>> >>> >>> I have tried it as backends.local.php and even removed backends.php >>> entirely and replaced it with the above. Nothing ever seems to register. >>> Horde brings up a separate login screen. I enter the mail server login >>> details which always fails. I don't understand why Horde is asking for >>> mail server login details in my browser when they are in the local >>> "backends" file. >>> >> >> Why are you putting your *personal* credentials in a *global* >> configuration file? > > Thanks for the warning. I am the only user on the server. It's a > private/personal installation of Horde. > >> >> If your Horde login is also your IMAP login, setup IMP to take the >> credentials of the current Horde user by setting 'hordeauth' to true. If >> it's NOT the same, then you still need to prompt for the login >> credentials. > > OK, thanks. I have the separate login working and Horde is now picking up > IMAP messages. I was struggling with an intermittent networking error that > I've posted about on AWS support forums. But it's holding for the moment. > > I altered the config file to include the SMTP server for sending email. > However Horde gives an "unknown error" when sending mail. I don't think it > knows to use SMTP to send. How do I tell it this ? In the global Horde configuration. > <?php > $servers['advanced'] = array( > // Webhostingbuzz IMAP server (incoming). > 'disabled' => false, > 'name' => 'michaelzfreeman.org IMAP Server', > 'hostspec' => 'michaelzfreeman.org', > 'maildomain' => 'michaelzfreeman.org', > 'hordeauth' => false, > 'protocol' => 'imap', > 'port' => 993, > 'username' => '[email protected]', > 'password' => 'xxxxxx', > // Plaintext logins are disabled by default on IMAP servers (see RFC 3501 > // [6.2.3]), so TLS is the only guaranteed authentication available by > // default. > 'secure' => 'ssl', > 'smtp' => array( > // Webhostingbuzz SMPT server (outgoing). > 'auth' => true, > // 'debug' => false, > // 'horde_auth' => false, > 'hostspec' => 'michaelzfreeman.org', > 'maildomain' => 'michaelzfreeman.org', > // 'lmtp' => false, > // 'localhost' => 'localhost', > 'username' => '[email protected]', > 'password' => 'xxxxx', > // /* Mail from a MUA SHOULD be sent via the mail submission port > (587) > // * rather than the MTA port (25). (See RFC 6409/STD 72). > // * Note that mail submission REQUIRES some method of authentication > // * (whether explicit user/password credentials or configuring the > // * mail submission agent to automatically authenticate this host > // * based on the network location). */ > 'port' => 465 > // 'username' => null > ), > ); > >> >> >> >>> >>> Log: >>> >>> >>> Sep 28 18:01:13 18 HORDE: [imp] [login] Error when communicating with >>> the mail server. [pid 11074 on line 730 of >>> "/var/www/html/imp/lib/Imap.php"] >>> Sep 28 18:01:13 18 HORDE: [imp] FAILED LOGIN for >>> [email protected] (Horde user admin) (95.145.14.206) to >>> {imap://michaelzfreeman.org:993/} [pid 11074 on line 156 of >>> "/var/www/html/imp/lib/Auth.php"] >>> >>> >>> It's also a bit of mystery why, seeing as so much is in the Admin GUI >>> that there is this very arcane PHP file. These days almost everything >>> has fields to enter the mail server details. >>> >>> Anyway, I hope users can help me. I may resort to setting up a Dovecot >>> server local to the horde installation which can handle the remote >>> connection to the email server then horde can talk to it on the local >>> host. >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Horde mailing list >>> Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ >>> To unsubscribe, mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> mike The Horde Project >> http://www.horde.org >> https://www.facebook.com/hordeproject >> https://www.twitter.com/hordeproject >> -- >> Horde mailing list >> Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ >> To unsubscribe, mail: [email protected] >> >> -- Jan Schneider The Horde Project https://www.horde.org/ -- Horde mailing list Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ To unsubscribe, mail: [email protected]