Your pop username is case sensitive. If the account is named
TonyD, then tonyd@pop will not work. It must be TonyD@pop
HTH,
Glenn
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On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Tony D'Andrade wrote:
>
> Hi i set up qmail and it works fine except for my users who login through
> pop server. When they try to login they get the message:
>
> "The mail server responded:
> this user has no $HOME/Maildir
> Please enter a new password"
>
> I read the man page on "Maildir". My question is how do i set up a
> maildir if it is not set up when i add a new user? If i have to manually
> set up a "Maildir" and its subdirectories how do i get the messages in the
> current $HOME/Mailbox file exported into the "Maildir" ? Also what
> permissions do i set for the "Maildir" and its subdir's ?
>
> ===
> Gone to check FAQ.
> ===
>
> Ok i checked the FAQ and i installed ucspi-tcp and checkpassword. I am no
> longer getting the above mentioned error message. Also when i
> ran the tests from the command line it worked fine. However now i try to
> check the mail through Netcape mail client and i get the following
> message:
>
> "The mail server responded:
> authorization failed
> Please enter a new password."
>
> I am 100% sure i entered the right password.
>
> any help would be appreciated.
> thanks in advance
>
> td
>
>
