Hi Enis, Unless I'm mistaken (and I could well be), I'm using the pop that came with my Red Hat Linux 9 installation, namely ipop3d from the RPM imap-2001a-18.i3. As for the "authentication method" I use, I not sure exactly what you're asking (yes, I'm a *&!@#$ newbie); as I said in my original message, I get the request for authentication whenever I boot up Mozilla mail or whenever I try the "Get Msgs" command. (I should also add that in the Mozilla status bar I do get the message "Connect: Host contacted, sending login information..." so it does appear I've got some pop server running.) Ed McCorduck Department of English State University of New York College at Cortland ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mccorduck.cortland.edu http://McCorduck.ws > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Enis Büyükgüner > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:29 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: pop won't authenticate my password > > > Which pop server and authentication method do you use ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ed McCorduck > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:53 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: pop won't authenticate my password > > Hi, I run Red Hat Linux 9 on a computer that's part of a home > network that has a fixed IP address and domain name linked to > the IP address. I've just started using an e-mail server on > this system, and I use SMTP as an outgoing mail server and > POP as the incoming mail server (I made sure the 25 and 110 > ports are open under the network's firewall). Right now I'm > using just Mozilla Mail to test everything out first before I > look into adopting a more advanced e-mail client. > > After I set up my account with Mozilla Mail, the SMTP server > works fine, i.e. I can send mail to any Internet address and > my address will be given as coming from my domain name. > However, when I try to retrieve mail, as my Mozilla is set up > to do first thing when it starts, I'm asked to "Enter your > password for ed@pop" ("ed" is my RH9 user name, with the only > other one on my system being "root"). I supply my normal RH9 > password for user "ed", but I get in response "The PASS > command did not succeed. Mail server pop responded: > Authentication failed." I tried other variations on what my > pop password might be, including "ed" itself, "root" and a > bunch of other wild guesses, but each time nothing worked. > > I've researched this problem in the Red Hat support archives > and the closest I come is that perhaps I need to do something > with the /etc/passwd file and also I found this thread in the > June 2003 archives for this list: > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > -------------------------------------- > > From: Bill Tangren <bjt aa usno navy mil> > To: redhat-list redhat com > Subject: Re: simple question related to pop3 > Date: Tue Jun 17 14:03:04 2003 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > -------- > David Richards wrote: > Hi > Is there any way that I would be able to add a user to a > server so that they are only able to use their username and > password for pop3 ? Even tho the server is configured for ftp > and ssh too? > > > > In the /etc/passwd file, change that user's login shell from > /bin/bash, or whatever it is set to, to /bin/false. This will > keep them from logging in,but they can still get their email > via the pop server. > > Bill > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > --------------------------------------- > > > >From opening my /etc/passwd file, it appears that my "ed" > user name is > set to something like this, i.e. /bin/bash, but when I tried > to open this file (in gedit) I was told "Could not open the > file "/bin/bash" because it contains invalid UTF-8 date. > Probably, you are trying to open a binary file." > > And that's as far as my newbie knowledge of Linux can take > me. Any advice on what I can do now to try to get my pop > server to authenticate me so I can start receiving mail would > be greatly appreciated. > > > Ed McCorduck > Department of English > State University of New York College at Cortland > ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://mccorduck.cortland.edu > http://McCorduck.ws > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
