Wait a minute. I'm already logged in! Why should I be logging in again via
fetchmail
I will explore pullout out the LOGIN and PASS parameters from .fetchmailrc
and see how msn responds then
David
> > Aug 6 21:39:55 debian fetchmail[914]: POP3> USER MSN/davidturetsky^M
> > Aug 6 21:39:56 debian fetchmail[914]: POP3< -ERR Permission denied
>
> this is sloppy. The pop3 server is telling you this is not a valid
> user. Most pop servers will wait for a password even if the user is not
> valid, then reject the login. Your ppp account is MSN/davidturestsy,
> but I bet your pop3 account is just davidturetsky. pop3 couldn't care
> less what kind of line or underlying protocol is used.
>
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