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Date:      Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:14:10 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jahanur R Subedar <jahanur@jjsoft.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Popper : Error Log
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811171113270.7696-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3651B599.752DDFD7@jjsoft.com>

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On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Jahanur R Subedar wrote:

> Error Message:
> popper: Possible probe of account jahanur from host (host name).
> 
> Please help what is going on.

Someone probably attempted to log in a jahanur and didn't provide a
password, and popper is warning you.  If it happens once I'd forget it;
they may have cancelled the pop session.

> When ever I want to check my e-mail from a win95 machine using
> Netscape Massenger 4.5 it asks me input passwd 4 or 5 times, some
> times I keep putting the passwd and the windows keeps popping again.
> And if I Cancel it gives the above message in error log. Why is it
> happenning ? Can anybody help me please!!

Wrong password?

Doug White                               
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