From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Apr 21 14:17:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA14694 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 14:17:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net (sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net [154.32.106.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA14688 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 14:17:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (uucp1.mail.uk.psi.net [154.32.105.26]) by sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net (8.8.4/) with ESMTP id WAA12222; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 22:16:20 +0100 (BST) Received: by sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.5-UKPSINet) id VAA24001; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 21:59:36 +0100 (BST) Received: from infodev.nadt.org.uk (infodev.nadt.org.uk [194.155.224.205]) by charlie.nadt.org.uk (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA20447; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 21:11:00 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970421195914.006d2de0@wrcmail> X-Sender: robmel@wrcmail X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:59:14 +0100 To: bofh@TerraNova.net, Bradley Dunn From: Robin Melville Subject: Re: ERR POP EOF console errors Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 17:08 18/04/97 -0400, Travis Mikalson wrote: >Bradley Dunn wrote: >> >> On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Travis Mikalson wrote: >> >> > The "ERR: "auth" unknown command" is caused by older versions of >> > Micros**t Internet Mail. >> > Someone thought 'auth' was a POP command over there at Microsoft.. >> > *shrug* >> >> Ummm...it is. See RFC1734. >> >> pbd > >Ok, then why does qpopper 2.2 not like it? >MS Internet Mail used to do _something_ wrong with the auth command >according to that particular error message qpopper generates.. Um, I tested it with Eudora... quitting mid-download causes the same error. MS Mail is not alone -- or qpopper logs unnecessarily... take your pick. -------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction & Forensic Information Service Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team (Extn. 49178) Vox: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 Email: robmel@nadt.org.uk WWW: http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt/ ---------------------------------------------------------