On Sunday, 18 June 2006 3:11, Mick wrote: > I do not have telnet installed on my PC, so in troubleshooting a > connection to a mailserver I thought of using ssh. However, I do not > seem to be able to get a response from the server regarding user login > and password: > > ================================================== > $ ssh -vv pop.virgin.net -p 110 > OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005 > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 > debug1: Connecting to pop.virgin.net [80.5.182.193] port 110. > debug1: Connection established. > debug1: identity file /home/michael/.ssh/identity type -1 > debug1: identity file /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 > debug1: identity file /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 > debug1: ssh_exchange_identification: +OK POP3 PROXY server ready > (7.2.073) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ================================================== > Then it sits there and does not respond to me typing "user", "pass", > or anything else. I've tried adding my username before the host > address, but it made no difference. pop.virgin.net will not respond > to any pop commands (list, stat, etc). Am I doing this right, or is > it that an ssh client cannot be used instead of telnet to connect to a > mailserver? > -- > Regards, > Mick
You cannot use an ssh client in this manner. If you want a telnet client, emerge either netkit-telnetd or telnet-bsd. -- Raymond Lewis Rebbeck -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
