From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 15 05:19:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA26344 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 05:19:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA26339 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 05:19:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from madrum@ix8.ix.netcom.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA05546 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 07:18:28 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199712151318.HAA05546@dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com> Received: from unknown(205.185.169.178) by dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma005539; Mon Dec 15 07:18:00 1997 Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Living In Madness" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 20:45:29 +0000 Subject: Strange Problem Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.42a) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Greetings! I have encountered a strange problem. Well, it's strange to me at any rate. And most diffiently a problem. I have a mail server running on FreeBSD 2.1.0-R. and this weekend, out of the blue, it decides it is not going to let users get their mail. I run majordomo lists, so I started troubleshooting and when I send a message to a list the message is distributed. This was a relieve. When I telnet over to the server I can view current messages I have received to my account using the mail utility in UNIX. This is also a relieve. So, as far as I can tell, users are getting there mail. The problem is, I use MS Exchange and Pegasus to get my mail from various accounts I have on this server. As of yesterday, neither program is succesful in retrieving mail. I get a message that I have the wrong user name or password or the TCP/IP connection is tempory disconnected. I thought maybe it was my machine at home, however, I received a call from my boss this evening and he is having the same problem. He uses Pegasus. So, having to work with NT and Win 95 machines, I instinctively thought to try rebooting the server. It was a soft reboot, cause I did it remotely, but to no avail. What could cause this problem? I didn't do anything to the server from the time I last knew it to be working properly till Saturday when I was at home and tried to get my mail. Please, any clues, hints would be greatly appreciated. TIA, :)mary * * * * * * * * * * * * * _ _ (___________) Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.