[Spambayes] I know, another clueless newbie question....

[Allen]

Tony,

Okay, did that and got:

+OK <44814.1138063181 at bigbird.whtech.com> [ISafe POP3 Proxy]
-ERR authorization first
+OK   (USER xxx)
+OK   (PASS xxx)
+OK   (LIST)
1 4230
2 3967
(etc.)
.

The error was a mistype on my part. Forgot uppercase USER. The parens 
items are what I typed.

Is it just telnet to SMTP that doesn't give the USER prompt? Or is it 
doing it from the command prompt instead of a term? I remember uploading 
web pages via FTP a few years back where the system gave prompts. Mind 
you this was a different provider and 5 or 6 years ago. I've being doing 
GUI too long, I think. :)

Thanks,

Allen

Tony Meyer wrote:
>>> 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 <54149.1137993301 at bigbird.whtech.com> [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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