[lug] Mozilla mail: won't connect to server

[Bear Giles]

Catching multiple responses --

1. Running it as root has resolved the problem for my usual account.

2. I run it from the command line or a FVWM menu so it wasn't an issue 
with su.

3. Now that I think about it, I remember having problems with netscape 
when I disabled MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE authentication.  I tried to restrict 
access to XDM-AUTHENTICATION and the kerberos one (while playing with 
kerberized applications), but netscape barfed with the same 
authentication error.

Bear

Daniel Webb wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 10:42:01PM -0600, Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> 
>>Which version of debian?  My kids and brother have all used thunderbird
>>w/ no problem on a sarge install.
> 
> 
> I have many installs of Thunderbird on sarge without problems as well.  When I
> have weird problems like this it usually turns out to be a strange interaction
> with some distant but related package.
> 
> I get X connections refused all the time because I forget and use "su" instead
> of ssh within the shell, but I assume you're talking about something else
> since you say they're the only apps that do this.  Somehow the in path from
> the original X server to thunderbird/mozilla you're losing your X
> authentication.  I wonder if the execution script is breaking or if you're
> calling mozilla from within a "su" statement or something similar?  Are you
> running mozilla from a KDE menu or button?  Try from a shell that's the same
> user as the one that ran KDE and see what happens.
> 
> Try ethereal to watch the network if you can't figure anything else.
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