authentication failed (of local folder)

[Joan Minguet]

Hi Henry,

I only recently started using offlineimap, so I don't know the inner workings. However, looking at your log, it seems to me that it throws the error when attempting to connect with imap.1und1.de (remote, not local)?

-J



On 10/30 10:19, henry atting wrote:
> Used offlineimap for some years know, now it stopped to work.
> 
>  OfflineIMAP 6.4.1
> Copyright 2002-2011 John Goerzen & contributors.
> Licensed under the GNU GPL v2+ (v2 or any later version).
> 
> Account sync post:
>  *** Processing account post
>  Establishing connection to imap.1und1.de:143
>  ERROR: While attempting to sync account 'post'
>   authentication failed
>  *** Finished account 'post' in 0:00
>  
> ERROR: Exceptions occurred during the run!
>  ERROR: While attempting to sync account 'post'
>   authentication failed
> 
> Erh, what is this? The problem is _not_ the authentication to the remote
> host but to the local folder? What authentication? Again: _Not_ a
> certification problem, not a problem with the remote host but with the
> acces to the _local_ maildir!
> 
> 
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