> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Sears > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:26 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: pop won't authenticate my password > > > On Sunday 18 January 2004 17:06, Ed McCorduck wrote: > > First, yes, Mozilla Mail and the POP server I'm trying to > use are on > > the same machine, the one running RH9. And I did as you instructed, > > and here is the log to prove it: > > okay, then your pop server in mozilla mail is localhost, and > nothing else. As > you can see from your telnet session, localhost responds to > it fairly well... you can even list your mail from the telnet > session, to prove that the error > is in the Mozilla/client settings: > > telnet localhost 110 > user ed > pass <password> > list > retr <number> > > should show you mail on your server > > e.g. > (edited a bit to be relevant) > > stuart stuart :telnet <mailserver> 110 > Trying <ipaddr> > Connected to <mailserver> (<ipaddr>). > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK QPOP (version ?) at ns.newdns.co.uk starting. > <2283.1074446005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > user ed > +OK Password required for ed. > pass <your password> > +OK ed has 1 visible message (0 hidden) in 954 octets. > list > +OK 1 visible messages (954 octets) > 1 954 Thanks so much, Stuart. I changed my Server Name under Server Settings to "localhost", and no longer did I get the dreaded "The PASS command did not succeed. Mail server pop responded: Authentication failed." I also tested it under Telnet following the command lines you gave me and it accepted my user name and password with no problems. Mozilla was now happy to check my incoming mail and tell me "There are no new messages on the server." The trouble is, it kept saying that after I kept sending test messages to my e-mail address on this machine from my other Internet addresses, even though I could still send out mail from this machine and it would be received (under my e-mail address "ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx" from the SMTP server on my machine). I then did Telnet again, and it confirmed I had "0" messages. "Screw Mozilla" was my next flash of inspiration, and I set up an account under K Mail with the same settings, including under "Host:" for "POP Account" being "localhost". Once again I was able to send test mail out and it would show as being received from "ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx" but I waited all day for the messages I sent from my other addresses to be retrieved by K Mail, but this mail app, too, kept telling me I had no mail. I tested Telnet finally again this morning, and here specifically is what I got: [ed@localhost ed]$ telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK POP3 localhost.localdomain v2001.78rh server ready user ed +OK User name accepted, password please pass <I put in my regular login password for my user name "ed"> +OK Mailbox open, 0 messages Furthermore, starting yesterday I kept getting the following error messages from my other mail servers: --From the server that handles my "ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" account: "Delivery to the following recipients has been delayed. ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx" --From the server that handles my "Ed.McCorduck@xxxxxxxxxxxx" account: "Delivery to the following recipients has been delayed. ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx" --From AOL, on which I have an "EdTracey@xxxxxxx" address: "The original message was received at Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:45:41 -0500 (EST) from imo-d04.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.36] *** ATTENTION *** Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----". The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a general translation for other e-mail servers. Please direct further questions regarding this message to the e-mail administrator or Postmaster at that destination. --AOL Postmaster ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>... Deferred: Name server: mccorduck.ws.: host name lookup failure Message could not be delivered for 4 hours Message will be deleted from queue Final-Recipient: RFC822; ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx Action: failed Status: 4.4.7 Remote-MTA: DNS; mccorduck.ws Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:50:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com (imo-d04.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.36]) by imo-d09.mx.aol.com (v93.12) with ESMTP id RELAYIN7-8400bc365309; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:45:41 -0500 Received: from EdTracey@xxxxxxx by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.12.) id 8.171.28ba7feb (25305) for <Ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:37:58 -0500 (EST) From: EdTracey@xxxxxxx Message-ID: <171.28ba7feb.2d3d1b95@xxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:37:57 EST Subject: test To: Ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_171.28ba7feb.2d3d1b95_boundary" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6800" My question now is should I try something different for the name of my host? Should it be "localhost.localdomain"? Or should it be "mccorduck.ws" instead of "localhost"? I should explain that I purchased the domain name mccorduck.ws from Register.com and they shortly transferred the administration of it to another company, from whom I used to have to go to to retrieve my "@mccorduck.ws" mail and with whom I had to fight to get the domain name "mccorduck.ws" to associate with the HTTP server on my Linux box on my home network (that is, http://McCorduck.ws is now totally hosted on my Linux machine). Perhaps I need to contact them again to "free up" mccorduck.ws as a legit e-mail address host? Sorry, I'm grasping at straws again, and I know I should instead wait for your expert advice. Thanks in advance for it. 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
