Having an Evolution and Mail notification Problem?
William Case
billlinux at rogers.com
Mon May 21 20:23:27 UTC 2007
Thanks Rick;
On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 13:13 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 12:13 -0400, William Case wrote:
> I was about to say, when I see weird stuff like that on mail systems, I
> try ye ol' manual POP session via telnet to see what's what (Evolution's
> error messages can be cryptic):
>
> # telnet pop.broadband.rogers.com 110
> +OK (sign-on messages appear)
> user billlinux
> +OK (some message about password)
> pass (your password)
> +OK (messages regarding "Mailbox open, xx messages)
> quit
> +OK (signoff messages)
>
> Stuff from the server is prefixed with a "+" sign and the messages will
> vary depending on the pop server. Example with one of mine:
>
> [root at prophead ~]# telnet pop-01-001.root-mail.com 110
> Trying 64.7.195.100...
> Connected to pop-01-001.root-mail.com (64.7.195.100).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK POP3 pop-01-001.root-mail.com v2003.83 server ready
> user rps2
> +OK User name accepted, password please
> pass **************
> +OK Mailbox open, 3 messages
> quit
> +OK Sayonara
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> IMAP isn't that much more difficult to test.
>
I am going to save your advice. I had never before found a real live
use for telnet. It was always just an interesting curiosity. I will
put it to use in the future.
> - -
> - Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? I don't know. Who cares? -
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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Regards Bill
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