[personal] [Sderby] remote login to a POP3 server

[Glyn Harris]

Have you got secure password authentication(SPA) checked in the account
properties of outlook express, if so try unchecking the box, it causes many
'unknown errors'.

Glyn
  -----Original Message-----
  From: sderby-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:sderby-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of
andre.hefer at avhservices.co.uk
  Sent: 20 October 2003 11:19
  To: sderby at mailman.lug.org.uk
  Subject: [personal] [Sderby] remote login to a POP3 server


  Hi All

  Does anyone have advice re connecting to a SuSE 8.2 to read mail either as
POP3 or IMAP. I have had this running for a while using SuSE 7.2 acting as a
POP3 server.

  Under SuSE 8.2 I have the xinetd deamon running with the pop3 service
listening on port 110 and telnet listening on port 23.

  I am able to login via telnet and read my mail using pine.

  When I try and collect the mail using M$ Outlook Express I fail to get
authorised as a user (if SSL is disabled) or get authorised (if SSL is
disabled) but fail to connect to the pop3 server.

  I suspect that its something to do with encrypted passwords or authority
to run the pop3 deamon.

  Error messages are below

  Any advice would be appreciated.

  Andre

  ************Error message from Outlook Express if "Server requires SSL NOT
connection is ticked ***********
  There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your User Name was
rejected. Account: '10.29.0.10', Server: '10.29.0.10', Protocol: POP3,
Server Response: '-ERR Unknown AUTHORIZATION state command', Port: 110,
Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC91

  *********Error message from Outlook Express if "Server requires SSL
connection is  ticked *************
  The connection to the server has failed. Account: '10.29.0.10', Server:
'10.29.0.10', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error:
10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
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