Re: Dovecot Problems?
On Wednesday 30 December 2015 22:56:06 David Baron wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 December 2015 21:31:09 Jochen Spieker wrote:
> > David Baron:
> > > I can no longer log on to my IMAP server from my Android. I can do so
> > > from
> > > kmail but even the URL is translated to localhost. Using k-9 mail on the
> > > android.
> >
> > Is kmail running in the same host as Dovecot? That's the only way I can
> > think of that kmail is working with localhost as the IMAP server (or a
> > *very* broken entry in /etc/hosts).
> >
> > > I have dovecot listening to *,:: (both ivp4 and ivp6)
> > > I have tried with and without ssl,tls, neither works
> > >
> > > I am not sure when it stopped working, dovecot upgrades or new router.
> > > The
> > > desktop ufw is set to allow all out and 143 in for all the combinations.
> >
> > If you only allow 143, IMAP over SSL will not work. It uses 993.
> >
> > > The router's port forwarding is set up the same way.
> > >
> > > Should work.
> > > What else do I need?
> >
> > You are a little short on details. What error message do you receive
> > from K9?
>
> Cannot contact server.
> If I take domain out of hosts, same for kmail.
> Using 143, startls on both.
>
> Has to be the port forwarding but this is all very straightforward.
Progress. Assigned a static address in the router. This gave me
communications.
K-9 kicked at the certificate so I took off starttls
Then it worked.
So I need to update the certificate. How do I do that (or where do I copy the
files on the phone)?
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