From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 2 18:13:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA21091 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:13:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nwalme.pair.com (nwalme.pair.com [209.68.1.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA20977 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:12:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@nwalme.pair.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by nwalme.pair.com (8.9.0/8.6.12) id VAA11719; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 21:12:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199806030112.VAA11719@nwalme.pair.com> X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: popper error To: font@Mcs.Net (Font) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 21:12:32 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Font at "Jun 2, 98 02:28:06 pm" From: Dima Dorfman X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I really don't know much about POP3, or the "auth" command, but QPopper doesn't support it, 'yet': pop_auth.c line 19: auth : optional command ; Not supported. Does that answer everyone's questions? > On Fri, 29 May 1998, Doug White wrote: > > On Wed, 27 May 1998, pn wrote: > > > I am recently installed ver. 2.2.6 and keep getting this error msg from > > > /var/log/messages > > > host1 popper[5802]: @hosts1.mydomain.com: -ERR Too few arguments for the > > > auth command. > > > You forgot your username in the client config .. ? > > I believe Netscape Communicator causes this error to be logged when > talking with qpopper. It doesn't cause a problem, so I just ignore > it. I've conjectured (but haven't looked at POP3 documentation) that > Communicator is interrogating the server for a feature qpopper doesn't > have. Eudora also works fine, and doesn't generate the error. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message