Re: pop server access?

[Norbert Koch <n.koch@delta-ii.de>]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> "viteno" == Norbert Koch <n.koch@delta-ii.de> writes:
> 
> >> What happens when, from a shell on the same machine as you are running
> >> Emacs, you type 'telnet mail.delta-ii.de 110'?
> 
> viteno> Hi,
> 
> viteno> odd enough this works like a charm.
> 
> I need to know what happens when you telnet to your pop server directly,
> from the machine that is having problems, or I am never going to be able to
> figure out what is failing.

Hi ratinox,

first of all, thanks for the time you spend on helping me solving this 
problem (it still exists on 0.39)

So, here we go. I've written a simple test mail and retrieved it by
telnet.

(apollonius 3:3)$ telnet mail 110
Trying 192.9.200.11...
Connected to mail.delta-ii.de.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK QPOP (version 2.2) at apollonius.delta-ii.de starting.  
user nok_mail
+OK Password required for nok_mail.
pass <you don't need to know my password, do you :-)>
+OK nok_mail has 1 message (415 octets).
list
+OK 1 messages (415 octets)
1 415
.
retr 1
+OK 415 octets
Return-Path: <norbert>
Received: by mail.delta-ii.de (Smail3.2.0.101/lists.delta-ii.de)
        via Delta-II
        id m0zXOcX-000AAcC; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 12:46:05 +0100 (MET)
Message-Id: <m0zXOcX-000AAcC@mail.delta-ii.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 12:46:05 +0100 (MET)
From: norbert (Norbert Koch)
To: nok_mail@delta-ii.de
subject: pop access test
X-UIDL: a734e2360b4080d73ed014c285d1c5a4

simple mail for pop access.

.
dele 1
+OK Message 1 has been deleted.
quit
+OK Pop server at apollonius.delta-ii.de signing off.
Connection closed by foreign host.
(apollonius 3:4)$ 


All in all, this looks just fine to me. 

Tia, norbert.

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