Can't run IMAP in SuSE 9.2

(Somehow managed to get wrong subject in previous attempt) I've upgraded my desktop system, to SuSE 9.2, but now I'm having problems getting the IMAP server to run. I've installed the Washington IMAP server, and it is enabled, along with imaps in xinetd. However, I can't seem to connect to it. I don't recall having this issue, when I had previously set up IMAP in Red Hat 7.3 and SuSE 9.0. The mail program is configured to use ssl. tnx jk