> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:46 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: pop won't authenticate my password > > > On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:14:43 -0500, Ed McCorduck > <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Enter your password for > > ed@pop" and entering my normal password, I got only "The > PASS command > > did not succeed. Mail server pop responded: Authentication failed." > > Now that you know the firewall's not interfering, I'd telnet > your POP3 > server to see whats oing on - it might be mozilla incorrectly > configured. > > To telnet the daemon and check everythings working do the below... > > telnet 127.0.0.1 110 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to 127.0.0.1. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK POP3 Server Ready > user ed > +OK > pass your_password > +OK opened mailbox for ed > stat > +OK 121 925600 > quit > +OK > Connection closed by foreign host. > > > If you get problems, I'd have a look at the logs - less > /var/log/maillog > > HTH > Jeff Thanks for the info., Jeff. 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
