Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:29:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MH: inc can't connect to POP mailbox Message-ID: <199604261929.MAA08468@mistery.mcafee.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960425211140.27377A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Apr 25, 96 09:18:06 pm
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> > 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
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