>
> 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.
>
Are you able to log in to your pop server (via telnet or whatever) ? If so
you have the right username/password . I would make sure your mail server is
configured correctly. SMTP and POP3 are independent configurations. Make
sure the server in your POP3 config is the correct one. Make sure it's the
correct port. Those are the first things I'd check.
Ben Yau
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