> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 12:05 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: pop won't authenticate my password > > > At 06:53 1/16/2004, you wrote: > >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. > > Better strategy: test things out yourself. When you follow these > instructions, don't make a mistake! You won't hurt anything, > but you will > have to start over since the POP daemon doesn't like > backspaces too well. > Assuming that machine is 192.168.0.1: > > 1. telnet 192.168.0.1 110 (note the space between > the IP address > and the 110) > > 2. Wait for a response. > > 3. "user ed" (response should be "OK"). > > 4. "pass password" (response should be "OK"). > > 5. "list" (you should get stuff back). > > 6. "retr 1" (message 1 should be displayed). > > 7. "quit" > > Does that give an error? If so, can you post the exact > sequence you're > typing and the exact error in your next message? Thanks so much, Rodolfo. Actually, on another site I found a similar suggestion for resolving a problem similar to mine using Telnet. As instructed then, I telnetted to the umbrella IP address of my whole network (again, the one my domain name is bound to), followed by 110 just like in your instructions, and after a long time of seeing just "Trying 25.25.15.155..." there was eventually the line "telnet: connect to address 25.25.15.155: Connection timed out." Well, I did the same thing here as you suggested in step 1, i.e. I tried it with 192.168.0.1., and the same thing happened, so obviously I never got to steps 3.-7. > As noted by someone else, your user is "ed" and not "ed@pop". > Can you also > give us the results of "grep ed /etc/passwd"? Here's what I got: sshd:x:74:74:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin ed:x:500:501:Ed McCorduck:/home/ed:/bin/bash named:x:25:25:Named:/var/named:/sbin/nologin This is about as inscrutable to me as Michael Jackson's mind, so I'd appreciate your telling me what it might mean and how this information might be used to resolve my issue. Thanks! 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
