Thanks, but it's prompting me for my *password* for the username "ed" which it already knows from when I first configured the account on Mozilla Mail. Then presumably the Mozilla client checks with the pop server from which it has gotten a thumbs-down on every password I've tried, including what I would think would be the right one, the password I use when I log into Linux as user "ed" in the first place. And that's when Mozilla gives me the error message "The PASS command did not succeed. Mail server pop responded: Authentication failed," again with the failure of password authentication being at the pop *server* and not with the Mozilla client. Or at least that's the way I understand it, and it could well be I'm missing something big here. 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: lists-redhat-replies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:lists-redhat-replies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:53 AM > To: Ed McCorduck > Subject: RE: pop won't authenticate my password > > > that username prompting is coming from your pop *client* > (mozilla), it's > not generated by the server, and is a result of the way you did your > mozilla e-mail setup. [for the server to causing that type > of prompting > would open security issues.] you should just enter "ed" in > the usernaem > field. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: Ed McCorduck <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:44:46 AM -0500 > > Subject: RE: pop won't authenticate my password > > > >> I'm not sure if you have your user name right. > >> if you normal user name is ed your mail user name should > ed as well > >> (not > >> ed@...) > >> regards > >> Roger > >> > >> > >> -- > >> redhat-list mailing list > >> unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?> subject=unsubscribe > >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > Hi Roger, > > Well, that's what it always asks me for whenever I boot Mozilla Mail > up or want to retrieve my messages. I assumed that "ed@pop" was just > saying that "ed" was one of the users "@" (i.e. "on") my pop server, > i.e. if I had another user on my system by the name of "Jasper" and > this was set up with an account on Mozilla Mail it would ask me for > the password for "Jasper@pop". > > > 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 ---------- End Original Message ---------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
