imap help please.

[buc99]

I folowed the instructions for installing imapd from:
http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Workbench/eart.2.3.html

I had it running except I could not login after I ttelnet into it. I stopped there and put it away for a few hours. Since that time I have turned the computer on and off a couple of times. I went to see if I could telnet into it again:
telnet 0 143
And I got the following response:
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

I figured that this meant that imapd was not running. I can find no hint that is running anywhere. My inetd.conf file is set up to start imapd. I tried to restart this with :
sudo kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid`

still no go. Any ideas on how to get the imap server to run correctly?

Thnanks,
SA

 

[buc99]

Stupid me.

Imapd is running but I need to telnet 127.0.0.1 143 to get to it.

Okay.

Still next question. I set up imap according to the stepwise site's directions. I telnet into imapd, but it won't let me logon.

Whenever i try :
. login username password

I get the following:
. NO LOGIN failed

How do I fix this? Do I need to setup a login? Is there some way to reset the username and password to let me log in?

Thanks in advance.
SA