Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 16:14:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MH: inc can't connect to POP mailbox Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960426160932.5439H-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199604261929.MAA08468@mistery.mcafee.com>
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On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Jim Dennis wrote: > > I'm trying to use exmh to retrieve remote mail via POP. But when I try > > to run > > inc -host resnet.uoregon.edu -user dwhite > > (I have an account on this machine, running ipop3d) > > I get this: > > inc: -ERR Nice try, bunkie > > Other users can use POP just fine off this machine. > > Any guesses? > > I don't know what's cause mh to fail on POP connection > directly -- however I can suggest a workaround: > > use popclient (a simple command line program that > fetches your mail and appends it to the mail folder of > your choice (your local mail spool file is the default). I can use popclient, however I want to have the mail put through slocal as well. I may try your recommendation to just append it to the mailspool. > My first guess as to why it's not working relates to > passwork problems. Have you tried 'telnet resnet pop-3' > (port 110) and using the: USER and PASS commands to > confirm your ability to make a connection. It works. Someone else uses Eudora and works great (it'd better, or I'll have to fix it, since I'm (one of) the sysadmin :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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