Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 20:32:52 -0700 (PDT) From: bkogawa@primenet.com To: elrond1@earthlink.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: popclient error - "unrecognized command LAST" Message-ID: <199609210332.UAA18023@foo.netvoyage.net> References: <01BBA5AE.76846020@pool097.Max14.Houston.TX.DYNIP.ALTER.NET>
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In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >Any help I can get with this is *much appreciated*! >I can connect with popclient (pop3) to earthlink.net succesfully. I = >don't know which pop3 server they are using, but it works fine... >I try to connect to a friends pop3 server on which I've been given a = >gratis account, and popclient responds that the pop3 server does not = >recognize the "LAST" command. evidently, none of my win3x/win95 pop3 = >clients use this command, because they all link up fine. 1. This is due to the newest rfc (rfc 1725), which says that the new POP3 standard doesn't include LAST. However, most older implementations do accept it, I believe. >Is there a way to disable the use of this command, or another pop3 = >client that can run from a script like popclient? Hm. You can hack popclient (I did it recently for other reasons). The other option is to use the -a flag to popclient (v3.0). This will force popclient to fetch all your messages, and it will not use the LAST command. If your friend is beta-testing this POP server, you might want to tell him about your problem. I suspect, although I may very well be wrong, that Eudora can be caused to issue the LAST command as well. Try setting "leave mail on server" and see if Eudora sends a LAST. >I'm using=20 >FBSD 2.1.5 >popclient 2.something, and popclient 3.0bsomething >Thanks in advance! >Stephen L. Palmer >elrond1@earthlink.net -- bryan k ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/
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