Okay: first things first -- can you telnet to port 110 on
pop.threeofus.com, from her machine?  Here's a sample session of how I do
it:

 telnet ursa 110
Trying 10.20.1.31...
Connected to ursa.xanoptix.com (10.20.1.31).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK ursa.xanoptix.com Cyrus POP3 v1.5.19 server ready
user kend
+OK Name is a valid mailbox
pass foopass
+OK Maildrop locked and ready
list
+OK scan listing follows
1 1549
2 2414
3 2353
4 2397
5 2381

What this has done is actually exactly the same as what a POP mail client
does: it logs in, authenticates, then lists the messages in the inbox,
along with their sizes.  (You can then look at the contents of the
messages with the "retr" command, thusly: "retr 1".)

If you're not able to log in with the above, it looks like something is
probably broken.  As I was able to connect to your POP server, but got no
challenges when I entered "user foo", I'm wondering if your POP server is
really working.  You might want to check your /etc/services and xinetd
config, and make sure that the correct application for port 110 is being
launched.

Good luck!

-Ken

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Joshua S. Freeman wrote:

> I have an ISDN line coming into my house.  I have a network running there
> that contains, among other things, a mailserver... 'pop.threeofus.com' and
> 'mail.threeofus.com'...
>
> I have an account there, my wife has an account on the machine.. a few
> other people do too... these are all pop accounts.
>
> We also have an AT&T cable modem.  Plugged into that is an wireless base
> station which has a built in dhcp server.
>
> Before @home folded, my wife had no problem connecting to the 'net via
> AT&T/@home cable via her wireless card and picking up mail with a pop
> client off my network on the ISDN line...
>
> After AT&T took over the @home network, she can still connect to the 'net
> via AT&T via her wireless card, but she can NO LONGER pick up her mail
> with a pop client off the home network on the ISDN line.
>
> I firmly believe the problem lies with AT&T.. but I'm not 100% sure.. can
> anyone assist me in trouble shooting this?.. my wife is tired of using
> webmin to read her mail on the linux mail server on my network.
>
> TIA,
>
> J.
>
>
>
>
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