On Tue 1999-07-13 (19:41), Alvaro Escobar wrote:
> I changed maildir by Maildir.
>
> I ran Mark Delany's checkpassword test. I did:
> printf "myaccount \0mypassword\0Y123456\0" | /bin/checkpassword id 3<&0
> and the test wass succesfull.
>
> However when I intent to see my e-mail from any Windows station with
> Outlook Express, I get the following message: ŽERR authorization failedŽ.
Okay, so checkpassword works fine. Try telneting to your pop3 port and
logging in manually. Your session should go something like this:
% telnet localhost pop3
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
USER username
+OK
PASS yourpassord
+OK
LIST
1 1268
2 1314
3 1138
4 3399
5 1049
.
QUIT
+OK
Connection closed by foreign host.
%
If this works, then your problem is most likely with Outlook itself.
- Keith
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Keith Burdis - MSc (Com Sci) - Rhodes University, South Africa
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