Nathan England wrote:
> 
> Well for now I'm using a compressed ssh tunnel
> 
> ssh -C -f xxx.xxx 143:xxx.xxx:143 sleep 32400
> 
> so that it runs the entire 9 hours I'm at work.
> As for version numbers, the server is Slackware 7.1 using imap WU
> IMAP4rev1
> 
> and the laptop is using Slackware 8 IMAP4rev1 also WU.
> 
> openssl is installed on both machines.
> 
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is it possible that imaps isn't enabled on the 'mailhost'?

xinetd or inetd - is imaps active?

does firewall (if used) allow port 143?

Craig