Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:24:38 -0500 (EST) From: doug@safeport.com To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mail server question Message-ID: <20061130142120.Y35618@pemaquid.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <15D678E7-C64F-4523-BB4F-7D72CAC1EAFF@mac.com> References: <20061130133537.D73843@fledge.watson.org> <15D678E7-C64F-4523-BB4F-7D72CAC1EAFF@mac.com>
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Nov 30, 2006, at 11:02 AM, doug wrote: > > In updating FreeBSD to a 5.5 resting place on the way to 6.2, > > sendmail went from 8.12.11 --> 8.13.6. Three users could not > > connect without deleting or tinkering with their client profile to > > force the client side to reenter the password. One was only fixed > > by setting up a new account. the three users from from an office > > with about 40 others that worked fine. > > > > All the affected users were using POP3, two thunderbirds, and an > > Outlook Express. The troublesome use was POP3 with Eudora. No one > > else noticed [which was sorta what I was hoping for :) ] > > Are you talking about them having problems reading mail, or sending > mail? > > If it's the former, the change to sendmail is not relevant, as > reading mail is handled by your POP3 daemon. Check your mailserver > logfiles for more information, and ask more questions here if you > don't find anything obvious there. Of course, you'll need to quote > parts of these log files or provide client-side error messages if you > want us to have enough information to provide more specific advice. > > -- > -Chuck > Ah - yes reading, silly of me. We were are are still using the Univ of Washington daemon. imap-uw-2001a,1 ==> imap-uw-2004g_1,1 _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601
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