POP3 mail account
James VanSpronsen
I have a problem with my POP3 e-mail account. I dial up with AOL and can
send but it won't receive. I says that the server terminated unexpectedly.
Any suggestions?
Kyanam
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With the information you provided, there is very little help that can be
obtained from here. Here are a few suggestions, though ...
* See if you can collect your POP3 email by configuring your Hotmail or
Yahoo account to collect third-party POP3 mail. If that works, there is a
problem with your machine/software. Try to telnet to the POP3 mail server on
PORT 110 and see if there is a response.
* Enable logging in Outlook Express ->Tools->Options->Maintenance->in
Troubleshooting section - check "Mail". Now, try to access your POP3 mail
server a few times, and post the Mail Log here. The mail log is located in
your store folder (->Tools->Options->Maintenance->Store Folder)
* If you are not able to collect your POP3 email from anywhere (such as
Hotmail, Yahoo, Mailstart.com), then your POP3 server itself has a problem.
Get in touch with their support.
Good Luck!
kelley...@comcast.net
the 98 computer but the two XP's don't. Microsoft has
compatibility issues with their own products.
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PA Bear
Please post any error messages you're getting.
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~PA Bear
James VanSpronsen
desperate!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please help!
THANKS in advance!
"Kyanam" <posttot...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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PA Bear
Disable any firewall, "system" tool, and email scanning by your anti-virus
application.
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~PA Bear
Tim
You said you can telnet in. Does that include going thru the authorization
process? or are you saying you can telnet into it just by means of saying you
can actually connect to it (in which case the ping command would do the same
thing).
If you haven't tried the authorization process, give it a try. When you connect,
try this
Command: TELNET mail.isp.com 110 (hostname, and use port 110)
When you see your server is ready, like "+OK InterMail POP3 server ready." as my
ISP shows... enter in the user command like this:
USER username
Server will come back with a "+OK...." result and tell you to send your PASS
command.
PASS passWoRd (case sensitive of course)
If authorization completes, you will see another "+OK..." message, like mine
says "+OK 'username' is welcome here"
Try to use the LIST command to see how many new messages you have. It'll say
something like "+OK 3 messages" or something.
Then just issue the command of QUIT to log off.
If you get past the PASS command, authorization completes. That means it's
probably a configuration problem in your OE. If it gives you an "-ERR" message
afterwards, pay attention to the error message. Your ISP may not allow IP's
that are outside of its subnet to access their mail servers (to "Cut down on
spam", or outside people abusing their systems). I know for a fact that AT&T
Worldnet does this. A friend of mine had them and her computer went on the
fritz. So, I tried to check it from here, and it would not let me. Got in
contact with their tech support and found out that they have outside IP's
blocked on their mail servers.
I asked them "what if I was away from my computer and using another person's
computer.... how could I check my email?" I was told you could log on to your
AT&T account page and enable the "roaming" feature which would give you access
to your email from any place.
Again, these are just ideas that are in my mind as to your problem.
"James VanSpronsen" <ja...@vanspronsen.com> wrote in message
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whoever
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> You said you can telnet in. Does that include going thru the
> authorization process? or are you saying you can telnet into it just
> by means of saying you can actually connect to it (in which case the
> ping command would do the same thing).
Hardly. I can ping www.google.com, but there's not much point trying to
telnet to the POP port on that address.
Tim
Why would you telnet into port 110 on a webserver-only address? That makes no
sense.
My question was to address whether or not the original poster tried to logon
during Telnet.
"whoever" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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whoever
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> You should re-think your logic there...
>
> Why would you telnet into port 110 on a webserver-only address? That
> makes no sense.
Logic isn't your strong point, is it? You claimed that pinging your mail
server "will do the same thing" as telnetting to it, if you just want to
see if "you can actually connect to it". I provided a counter example of a
server that I can ping, but that I can't telnet to the POP port on (because
it's not there. And then there are the examples of POP servers that you can
connect to, but not ping, such as mail.microsoft.com.
Ping would tell him less than he already knew (OE wouldn't report an
unexpected termination if it wasn't connecting in the first place).
> My question was to address whether or not the original poster tried to
> logon during Telnet.
Which doesn't somehow make your incorrect statement correct. Your advice on
actually logging on with telnet was fine, which is why I snipped it from my
reply.