Last update . . . I swear. ;^) I just tried to delete some stuff from my trash with NS6.1 and for some reason, and authentication through port 5003 was made. Dunno why, but I just went ahead and opened 5000-5005 just in case 5004 needed to be opened for whatever other reason. Crap. . . I should have guessed.
Well, . . .sleepy now. Lates Gustavo Solari-Bortolotti wrote: > Update. . . > > I just noticed that you will have to allow traffic through ports 5001 > and 5004 in order to access your Trash, Draft, and Sent folders of your > webmail account within your NAT. > > Quick recap: > > INBOX (imap) authentication? -> 5005 > Trash authentication? -> 5001 > Draft/Sent authentication? -> 5004 > smpt.netscape.net authentication? -> 5000 > > > So far I don't know what 5002 & 5003 do. Does Anyone else? > > Just thought I would update this info. > > 8^) > > Late > > Gustavo Solari-Bortolotti wrote: > >> I just finished doing some network tracing and found out a couple of >> things I was not aware I should do in order to send/receive with my >> netscape mail service. >> >> In my case, I am behind a router/firewall, and as per standard service >> port definitions I had activated rules to let traffic for the standard >> services (pop,imap,news, and ssl[news&mail]) within my local NAT. >> However, through some digging around as to how NS6.1 attemps to >> connect to the Webmail service, I discovered I needed to allow traffic >> to flow through ports 5000 (for smtp.netscape.net authentication) and >> 5005 (for imap.mail.netcenter.com authentication) within my NAT as >> well. I guess Netscape/AOL uses a proprietary form of authenticating >> users, and after I allowed traffic through both ports my webmail works >> like a charm. . . I did not see any info on this anywhere, and that >> is why I am posting it here so that this information could possibly >> help others who might be scratching their heads with connection >> failures like I had. >> >> Hope this helps someone. ;^) >> >> Late >> >> >> Douglas Bonneville wrote: >> >>> The netscape mail account I have used for sometime now says "cannot >>> connect to server" using 6.1 mail client - now I can't see the >>> folders either. But the mail is all there in the webmail interface. >>> How can I get my mail using the 6.1 client?? I also set up a 6.1 >>> access for my other netscape account and it works. Why can I get to >>> it via browser but not client? >>> >>> Doug Bonneville >>> Senior Designer >>> AOL Web Properties >>> >> >
