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On Tuesday 11 March 2003 09:26, Shawn Grover wrote:
> The normal looking message is the standard:
> Escape Character [
> Connection closed by the server

you don't have a pop server running on that port, obviously. therefore the 
problems.

what does `netstat -tlp` show on the machine? and a remote nmap of the 
machine?

> (POP doesn't keep a connection open, whereas SMTP does).

i'm pretty sure POP keeps a connection open until the client (or server) ends 
it.

> I should also note, I was getting this sequence when I did a telnet to port
> 110 from the server in question.  Doing the same from my workstation just
> returned a connection refused (meaning the port wasn't found).

well, meaning you don't have a pop server running.. did you remember to add an 
entry in your inetd or xinetd settings for it?

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