Am Mi, den 24.12.2003 schrieb Steven Stern um 18:55: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 18:16:44 +0100, you wrote: > > >Am Mi, den 24.12.2003 schrieb Steven Stern um 16:21: > > > > >You problem is commonly a DNS problem. If you can answer the above > >question with yes then it is sure. So check your DNS settings, at least > >a proper setup of your /etc/hosts file. Because of lack of detailed > >information about your network situation - like where the POP3 server > >resides and how your mail client is connected to it - I can not give you > >a more describtive answer. > > > >Alexander > > > > > I'm popping directly to the IP address, 192.168.123.175. It's about 10 feet > away on a 100Mbps connection. Ok, and the host from which you run your mail client has the IP 192.168.123.175 in it's hosts file? It is surely not a bandwidth problem nor one of a lazyness of the POP3 server. You can do a different check whats going on with your POP3 server by doing following: > telnet 192.168.123.175 110 < response from server, greeting message > user YOUR_NAME < response from server, user ok pass required > pass YOUR_PASS < response from server, login successfull > LIST < response from server, number of messages in INBOX > RETR 1 < response from server, output of message no. 1 If in this process there is a time lag right after telnet to your server the problem lies already at that point. I am sure it is the case. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
