When I telnet port 110 I get +ok<942.950664165@INIT_VERSION=sysvinit and
then -ERR authorization first. I enter user name and password but I just
keep getting the -ERR message..
cheers
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: -ERR authorization failed
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, kiwitp wrote:
>
> > I think I am getting somewhere now. the only problem now seems to whit
> > passwords. When I try to connect to the mail server from a win9x box
outlook
> > I get -ERR authorization failed even tow I enter the user name and
password.
> > Could this be because windows is sending encrypted passwords? If so what
can
> > I do about this?
>
> No. Whatever the problem really is, that's not it.
>
> To verify what the real deal is, telnet to your server's port, and
> manually attempt to authorize yourself, so that you can be sure exactly
> what is being sent, and what comes back.
>
> If you succesfully authorize yourself, the problem will be in your mail
> client configuration. If your authorization fails, the problem will be in
> your mail server configuration. Until you resolve where the
> misconfiguration is, you're just wandering in the dark.
>
> --
> Sam
>
>
