oh, i see.
the "Account" part of the error message refers to the Outlook Express
account name. it's not part of the mail server's error message.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ihnen, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Robert Eric Pearse'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 6:02 PM
Subject: RE: qmail-pop3d error: '-ERR unable to scan $HOME/Maildir'
> Hm. Maybe Account refers to 'whatever the heck you have arbitrarily named
> this account today', in this case, 'cliff.carorder.com'
>
> If so, what you actually need to do is check the username's Maildir. /home
> is system dependant, but ~rpearse/Maildir is probably where you should be
> looking for possible ownership/permissions issues.
>
> Gotta love uninformative error messages.
>
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Eric Pearse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 4:03 PM
> > To: Ihnen, David
> > Subject: Re: qmail-pop3d error: '-ERR unable to scan $HOME/Maildir'
> >
> >
> > well, the username is rpearse. so shouldn't it be
> > /home/rpearse/Maildir?
> >
> > are saying that i need a user named cliff.carorder.com?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ihnen, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'Robert Eric Pearse'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 5:51 PM
> > Subject: RE: qmail-pop3d error: '-ERR unable to scan $HOME/Maildir'
> >
> >
> > > I'm no expert on pop3d, but it looks like you have a permissions or
> > > existence problem with ~cliff.carorder.com/Maildir
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Robert Eric Pearse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 3:54 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: qmail-pop3d error: '-ERR unable to scan $HOME/Maildir'
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > any help in trouble shooting this would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > >
> > > > pearse
> > > >
> > > > There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your
> > Password was
> > > > rejected. Account: 'cliff.carorder.com', Server:
> > 'cliff.carorder.com',
> > > > Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR unable to scan
> > > > $HOME/Maildir', Port:
> > > > 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number:
> > > > 0x800CCC92
> > > >
> >
