Hi Neil, Try to make a pop3 connection via telnet and tell us the error message. Also check /var/log/maillog file for any error about this connection.
example: #telnet localhost 110 user [EMAIL PROTECTED] pass userpassword Thanks. Saturday, April 28, 2007, 3:07:42 PM, you wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I tried to create a dummy domain > but still same problem persists. any other pointers ? > Thanks, > N > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > Dear All, >> > I need to transfer all my users around 500+ users >> from >> > an old server using cdb to another server using >> the >> > same toaster setup. >> > I went thro the mailing list and tried all the >> steps >> > viz; >> > 1. did tar -cpf on old server. >> > 2. extracted the tar archive to target server. >> > 3. copied the /var/qmail/control ..rctphosts, >> virtual >> > domains, etc + assign files to the new server >> > 4. when I try to check the accounts using >> qmailadmin I >> > cannot log in. Same case with squirrelmail. >> > 5. Please tell me where/what I am doing wrong. I >> > checked all the uid, gid and they are the same on >> both >> > the servers >> > 6. It is really cumbersome to create all the >> accounts >> > in the new server. >> > 7. Will a mysql setup be more efficient for >> > transferring users in the future? Besides it also >> > provides cluster support. >> > >> > Awaiting eagerly for your replies. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Mark >> > >> > __________________________________________________ >> > Do You Yahoo!? >> > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> protection around >> > http://mail.yahoo.com >> > >> >> After a similar server migration i had the same >> problem... >> >> I noticed that the rcpthosts.cdb file was not >> rebuilt. I managed to solve >> this by creating a new, fake, virtualdomain like >> test.com or something and >> after that all the logins were working ok. Well, in >> my case, i changed the >> paths to the domains directory, that's how i noticed >> that the .cdb files >> are not rebuilt. >> >> > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com -- Ismail YENIGUL EnderUNIX Cekirdek Takimi Uyesi Acik Akademi Yayinlari Editoru [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.enderunix.org Yayinevi Sanal Magaza: http://dukkan.acikakademi.com endersys: http://www.endersys.com
