> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Saltzman > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:18 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: pop won't authenticate my password > > > On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Ed McCorduck wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Fratoni > > > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:03 AM > > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: pop won't authenticate my password > > > > > Did you configure a firewall when you did the install on this > > > machine? Try "su -" and then "lokkit" which will allow you to see > > > and modify any firewall settings. If you set your > secutiry setting > > > to the default of "high" initially, then the firewall won't allow > > > pop3 connections. You need to allow connections to port 110 for > > > pop3. > > > > > > - -- > > > - -Michael > > > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > I thought I had chosen *not* to install a firewall when I first > > installed RH9 on this machine since I knew it was going to > part of a > > network running under a Linksys router, which has a > built-in firewall > > whose settings you can change (in fact, I'd changed the > port settings > > of the network to allow my just my Linux box's POP/IMAP (i.e. 110), > > SMTP, HTTP and FTP ports to be accessible outside of the router's > > firewall. However, when I ran Lokkit as you suggested, I > was surprised > > to see that initial setting was "High". I changed it to "No > firewall" > > (in light of the other network precautions I'd taken as described > > above), and hit OK. Then I ran Mozilla Mail and tried to > retrieve mail > > through pop again, but the same result as before: after > getting "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." > > I just thought it was worth pointing out that Lokkit *always* > starts out "High", no matter what your old settings were. > That (mis-)feature causes newbies no end of confusion. > > If you want to know what your current firewall settings are, > use "service iptables status". You'll get a list of iptables > rules, but they're not that hard to decipher. > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs Thanks for the info., Matthew, and sorry for the late reply. 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
