Re: [newbie] Mail Server Problem - Very strange

[lselinger]

Hi,
it's me again, it seems as if I must have a new problem every day.
Today it's something really strange. I have 2 mail (pop3) accounts on the
same
mail server - The one I normally use doesn't work, it always says WRONG
PASSWORD, when I try to receive any mail (though it's OK for sending - SMTP
-)
and I'm absolutely sure I type it right. The other account works OK (it's
from
where I'm sending this message now) both to send and to receive.
Really strange
Any idea?

TIA
Carol^


To test ... try assigning a new apssword to the account just to see if this
was the problem.  Also, are these mail only accounts?

Lonny Selinger

Re: [newbie] Mail Server Problem - Very strange

[mdk-newbie-g]

Carolina Kohler, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,
 it's me again, it seems as if I must have a new problem every day.
 Today it's something really strange. I have 2 mail (pop3) accounts on the same
 mail server - The one I normally use doesn't work, it always says WRONG
 PASSWORD, when I try to receive any mail (though it's OK for sending - SMTP -)
 and I'm absolutely sure I type it right. The other account works OK (it's from
 where I'm sending this message now) both to send and to receive.
 Really strange
 Any idea?

 TIA
 Carol^

My guess is that things aren't as strange as you suspectG...the password
error you are getting is just that, whatever you think the password isn't what is
set
up on the mail server. The reason you can send mail is that SMTP is a non
authenticated
protocol and hence doesn't require password authentication. (there is an
authenticated
variant but  most mail systems use the plain vanilla implementation)



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Paul Bary
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