Subject: Re: Problem with QPOP 2.5.3 - can't download mail to Linux
From: RudeSka (rudeska54@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 25 2000 - 18:09:26 MST
Do you have an SMTP server running?
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Patrick Callahan wrote:
>
> I've been having problems downloading mail from my ISP ever since
> installing Linux back in August 1999. The problem occurs only in
> Linux. I can download mail in MacOS. The problem appears the second
> and all subsequent times I try to download after re-installing.
> It is not limited to netscape. Telnet and fetchmail also have problems
> correctly retrieving mail from my account. Curiously, the first time
> after an installation, the download fetches the mail!
>
>
>
> The symptom in Netscape is:
>
> Click "Get Msg"
> Netscape responds with a modal dialog: Contacting server...
> and then : downloading message 1
> of N
> At this point Netscape hangs until the mail server times out.
>
> I spent some time today with one of the support people at the ISP and
> did some experimenting.
>
> In telnet, the commands
>
> user username
> pass password
> list
> and other commands all work as expected, but the command
>
> retr 1
>
> gets a single line with the word OK and the size of the message, but
> nothing more. The server eventually times out.
>
> The same error did not occur with a new account created at the ISP on a
> test machine where QMAIL 3.0b29 is running.
>
> The server is a VAX running Unix (unknown variety.)
>
> The ISP is in the process of re-configuring thier mail servers.
> Hopefully they will upgrade QMAIL and this problem will go away. In the
> meantime, does anyone have any more information on this problem?
>
>
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>
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