error with netscape6

[Patterson S.R.]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Asim Khan [mailto:akhan at SGHMS.AC.UK]
> Sent: 17 June 2002 11:47
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: error with netscape6
>
> ...Thanks for the advice but I still get the errors on
> netscape 4.72..?
>     ..Could it be that I require a local unix account for akhan as
my
>      address is akhan at sghms.ac.uk whereas the IMAP mail server is
>         mail.sghms.ac.uk but outgoing SMTP is mancity (but I
> don't think
>       you need a local unix account if you're using netscape
> with               IMAP..?)
>       ...any advice much apprecaited..

Hi,

In brief:

- - If you're using IMAP to read your email then you must have a UNIX
account on the IMAP server.  This is so that the IMAP server knows how
to check your username and password.  This account need not be a shell
account, i.e. it could be an account with /bin/true as the shell, for
example.  That way people can't just telnet/ssh in to the IMAP server

- - This isn't a mailscanner question, I think it should be taken off
the mailscanner mailing list now and directed to a more appropriate
forum.

Thanks, Steve
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Steven Patterson, MSci.  Tel: +44 (0)2380 595810
Electronic Information Systems Support and Development
Computing Services, University of Southampton, UK.
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