Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 14:40:54 -0600 From: "Mark O'Lear" <Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU> To: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com> Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MH: inc can't connect to POP mailbox Message-ID: <318134D6.7468@Colorado.EDU> References: <199604261929.MAA08468@mistery.mcafee.com>
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Jim Dennis wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > > I'm trying to use exmh to retrieve remote mail via POP. But when I try > > to run > > > > inc -host resnet.uoregon.edu -user dwhite > > (I have an account on this machine, running ipop3d) > > I get this: > > inc: -ERR Nice try, bunkie > > Other users can use POP just fine off this machine. > > Any guesses? > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > I don't know what's cause mh to fail on POP connection > directly -- however I can suggest a workaround: > > use popclient (a simple command line program that > fetches your mail and appends it to the mail folder of > your choice (your local mail spool file is the default). > > You should then be able to inc (incorporate) your > mail locally. > > I've done things on some system like: get my mail spool via > ftp, append it to the local spool and elm or inc it. I've > also used a need trick to take all my elm folders and "convert" > them to mh (just cat them all >> to the spool of course). > > My first guess as to why it's not working relates to > passwork problems. Have you tried 'telnet resnet pop-3' > (port 110) and using the: USER and PASS commands to > confirm your ability to make a connection. > > Jim Dennis, > System Administrator, > McAfee Associates > > If you got MH from the FreeBSD packages I believe that it was not compiled to get mail from a remote host (it just ignores the -host switch -- silently). I ran into this problem around a year ago and had to get the source and compile it myself to get remote POP access. Unfortunately I can't remember the exact options for compiling, and I no longer use MH. -- Mark O'Lear \ e-mail: Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU University of Colorado \ phone: (303) 492-3798 Telecomm. Svcs. (CB 313) \ fax: (303) 492-5105 Boulder, CO 80309 \
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