>> Could you open up a command window (Start->Run->cmd.exe) and type
>> "telnet {mailserver} 110" and try logging in without the AUTH
>> business?
>> The commands are basically as above:
>>
>> USER {username}
>> + Server should give some sort of ok, please enter password response
>> PASS {password}
>> + Server hopefully says it is ok
>> LIST
>>
>> (list will just list the messages on the server, to demonstrate
>> that it
>> is logged in). Note that the telnet that comes with Windows isn't
>> great, and won't work properly if you use backspace, so you'll
>> need to
>> type it without any errors.
>>
>> If that works, then it must, I think, be the AUTH command, and
>> I'll have
>> to dig further to figure out what to do about that.
>
> I did as you suggested, and all I get is:
>
> +OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ISafe POP3 Proxy]
> -ERR authorization first
> -ERR authorization first
> -ERR authorization first
> -ERR authorization first
> -ERR authorization first
>
> There is no username or password prompt. However, this may be because
> Lizardhill, the hosting service, has locked out direct connections.
Sorry, this is my poor directions. You have to type the whole line,
including "USER". (You type USER and the username, press return, it
says ok, then you type PASS and the password, press return, and it
hopefully says you've logged in).
=Tony.Meyer
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