Mark C. Allman wrote:
>> I'm trying to access my IMAPS (dovecot) server on my laptop
>> while on holiday.
>> But when I run kmail I get the message
>> "Could not connect to host <myserver>".
>> Both server and laptop are running Fedora 7 + KDE.
>>
>> I suspect the problem lies in my openssl setup,
>> as when I run
>> openssl s_client -ssl2 -crlf -host <myserver> -port 993
>> I get no response - the program just waits until I press ctrl-C.
...
>> Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.
> May be a dumb questions, but ... port 993 is open on the server (it's in
> iptables, for example)? Can you telnet to port 993 on the server and
> get some kind of response?
Thanks for your response.
Yes, I am running shorewall, and have
IMAPS/ACCEPT net $FW
in /etc/shorewall/rules .
When I run
telnet <myserver> 993
I just get
Trying <server IP address>
and nothing further, until I type ctrl-C.
Maybe it would time out if I left it long enough.
(With almost any other port, I get an immediate "Connection refused".)
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