On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 13:47, Ryan Camick wrote: > On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 09:07, Stephen H Carbin wrote: > > I am having a problem with evolution. For incoming mail I need to make a > > POP3 connection to mail.carbinworld.com, and for outgoing I need to connect > > to smtp.myisp.com. Outgoing mail works fine but I cannot get incoming > > working. I have double & triple-checked my settings, same as on my windows > > boxes, they connect fine, not my Red Hat box though. Ethereal shows > > ERR-Syntax error ... any ideas (ps. my box is on a LAN behind a Smoothwall > > firewall) > > This connection problem with POP3 does not appear to be on your client > end. I get the same error when trying from here: > > [ryan@vanessa]:[~]$ telnet mail.carbinworld.com pop3 > Trying 66.84.10.254... > Connected to mail.carbinworld.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK Qpopper (version 4.0.4, modified by Sphera Technologies) ready. > USER steve > -ERR Syntax error. > Connection closed by foreign host. > > You need to find out why the POP3 server "Qpopper" won't accept the USER > command as it should. > > -Ryan > > -- > Powered by Red Hat Linux 8.0 > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > Are you using H-Sphere (web hosting software) per chance? I have seen this happen with some servers running it. You may be able to get support at http://forums.psoft.net. Good luck. -- Jonathan -- Jonathan M. Slivko jslivko@slivko.org UNIX/IT Consultant phone: 212-663-1109 PGP Key: None Available fax: 212-663-1109 "Linux: The Choice for a GNU Generation" -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
