Thanks Rick; On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 13:13 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 12:13 -0400, William Case wrote: > I was about to say, when I see weird stuff like that on mail systems, I > try ye ol' manual POP session via telnet to see what's what (Evolution's > error messages can be cryptic): > > # telnet pop.broadband.rogers.com 110 > +OK (sign-on messages appear) > user billlinux > +OK (some message about password) > pass (your password) > +OK (messages regarding "Mailbox open, xx messages) > quit > +OK (signoff messages) > > Stuff from the server is prefixed with a "+" sign and the messages will > vary depending on the pop server. Example with one of mine: > > [root@prophead ~]# telnet pop-01-001.root-mail.com 110 > Trying 64.7.195.100... > Connected to pop-01-001.root-mail.com (64.7.195.100). > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK POP3 pop-01-001.root-mail.com v2003.83 server ready > user rps2 > +OK User name accepted, password please > pass ************** > +OK Mailbox open, 3 messages > quit > +OK Sayonara > Connection closed by foreign host. > > IMAP isn't that much more difficult to test. > I am going to save your advice. I had never before found a real live use for telnet. It was always just an interesting curiosity. I will put it to use in the future. > - - > - Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? I don't know. Who cares? - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Regards Bill
