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9.4. Testing the IMAP functionality

A lot of users like to test the cyrus IMAPd with the Command Line Interface (CLI)

 cyradm  and they are failing. To be successful with cyradm, you will need to add

the cyrus user to

/etc/sasldb2

because  cyradm  always authenticates against

SASL AND IMAP.

To add the Cyrus user to the sasldb use the command:

saslpasswd2  c cyrus

Password: (enter your passwd)

Again (for verification): (enter your password)

To use the  cyradm  CLI please take care that the tool does not recognize standard

CLI options like  u and similar. Please follow the syntax like described in the man

page  cyradm 1  like the following example:

bond:~ # cyradm   user cyrus   server localhost   auth plain

Password: # This is the SASL2 password

IMAP Password: # This is the IMAP password that you need to enter in the mysql table  accountusers 

localhost>

With the Cyrus command

help

you will see all possible commands and its

abbreviations.

To make that kind of tests. you just need a mailclient like kmail or netscape (Yes of

course, M$ Products are working as well) but in this example I'm using kmail.

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