Also check for /etc/pam.d/imap and /etc/pam.d/pop. These files and the ones in /etc/xinetd.d are normally in the imap RPM that used to come with RedHat, but since you are installing by hand you have to create them yourself. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Raines email: raines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging 149 (2301) 13th Street Charlestown, MA 02129 USA