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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 20:15:49 -0400
From: Travis Mikalson <bofh@TerraNova.net>
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To: Real Melancon <admin@lannon.qc.ca>
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Subject: Re: ERR POP EOF console errors
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Real Melancon wrote:
> 
> >Excuse this question which must be in a FAQ somewhere
> >but I have read the sendmail faq, checked dejanews
> >and freebsd archives and found nothing but other people
> >asking the same question and no answers :
> >
> >what are the -ERR POP EOF messages on the console when people
> >connect to the server ?
> >
> >people seem able to connect and collect ok but i just dislike
> >error messages.
> >
> >cheers,
> >
> >chas
> >
> >
> 
>     Tell me if you can find something on this one. I have the same
>     errors all over my /var/log/termlog file. And I`d like to get
>     rid of it.
> 
>     I suspect Win 95 Internet Mail to cause this, but I`m not sure.
> 
>     From time to time I also have the following message:
> 
>         ERR: "auth" unknown command
> 
>     or somthing like that!

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*

The "-ERR POP EOF" messages are caused by Netscape Mail when it checks
for mail and there is none waiting.
I guess Netscape Mail says "FINE" and hangs up quite prematurely/rudely
;)

Micros**t fixed their boo-boo in the newest version of Internet Mail..
Netscape hasn't in 3.01 Release :(

Travis
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