[CentOS] C6.7 evolution to cyrus imap(s) fails

Tue Aug 11 19:47:57 UTC 2015
Dr J Austin <ja at maui.jaa.org.uk>


On Tue, 11 Aug 2015, Alexander Dalloz wrote:

> Am 11.08.2015 um 17:56 schrieb Dr J Austin:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have been using evolution/cyrus/exim for 10 years - until yesterday!
>>
>> I upgraded to C6.7 and now there is no way I can find of connecting
>> from evo to the cyrus imap(s) server
>>
>> [root at maui:~]$ ps -ef|grep imap
>> cyrus    27768     1  0 15:21 ?        00:00:00
>> /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-master -d
>> cyrus    27775 27768  0 15:21 ?        00:00:00 imapd -s
>> cyrus    27779 27768  0 15:21 ?        00:00:00 imapd
>> cyrus    27781 27768  0 15:21 ?        00:00:00 imapd
>> cyrus    27782 27768  0 15:21 ?        00:00:00 imapd
>> cyrus    27783 27768  0 15:21 ?        00:00:00 imapd
>> cyrus    27933 27768  0 15:36 ?        00:00:00 imapd
>> cyrus    28048 27768  0 15:46 ?        00:00:00 imapd
>>
>> evo is running on a fully updated F22 machine, cyrus/exim on C6.7
>> k-9 mail on a tablet and a mobile no longer connect
>> even tried thunderbird which also would not connect
>>
>> When trying to connect with evo I get Failed to open folder
>> The reported error was "Could not connect to 148.197.29.5: Connection
>> refused"
>>
>> If I try to change things by editing the "Recieving Email" menu
>> ie by changing the "Encryption method" from "SSL on a dedicated port" 993
>> to "No encryption" it still fails
>> In fact just hitting Authentication "Check for supported types"
>> gives
>> Failed to query server for a list of supported authentication mechanisms.
>> Could not connect to 148.197.29.5: Connection refused
>>
>> wireshark shows just two lines using tcp.port==993 filter
>> Unfortunately this does not mean much to me!
>>
>> 124    3.276582000    148.197.29.159    148.197.29.5    TCP    74
>> 54564→993 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=29200 Len=0 MSS=1460 SACK_PERM=1
>> TSval=71392019 TSecr=0 WS=128
>>
>> 125    3.276770000    148.197.29.5    148.197.29.159    TCP    60
>> 993→54564 [RST, ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=0 Len=0
>>
>> I have tried the following to no avail
>> tcpdump -s 0 -w dump_file
>> ssldump -a -A -H -d -r dump_file
>> and
>> selinux in permissive mode
>> firewall off
>>
>> Help!
>>
>> John
>
> What does cyrus-imapd log?
>
> Alexander
>
>

Where should I be looking ?